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How does the value of a variable affect the direction the parabola opens?
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If the value of the variable is negative then the parabola opens downwards
and when the value of variable is positive the parabola opens upward.
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How do you know if a parabola has a minimum or maximum value?
When you look at the parabola if it opens downwards then the parabola has a maximum value (because it is the highest point on the graph) if it opens upward then the parabola has a minimum value (because it's the lowest possible point on the graph)
What way does the parabola open if a is greater than 0?
If a is greater than zero then the parabola opens upward.
If the parabola opens downward the vertex is called the?
The maximum point.
What is a parabola that opens to the right called?
It is a square root mapping. This is not a function since it is a one-to-many mapping.
When will parabola open down?
In classic geometry, it opens down when the directrix is above the focus.In analytical (coordinate) geometry, if the equation of the parabola isy = ax^2 + bx + c, it opens down if a < 0.
How does the value of c affect the direction the parabola opens?
if the value is negative, it opens downard
What direction does the parabola open?
If the equation of the parabola isy = ax^2 + bx + c, then it opens above when a>0 and opens below when a<0. [If a = 0 then the equation describes a straight line, and not a parabola!].
Determine in which direction the parabola opens y equals x2-7x plus 18?
A parabola opens upwards if the quadratic coefficient - the number before the "x2" is positive; downward if it is negative. Note that x2 is the same as 1x2.
Why is any parabola that opens upward or downward a function?
It is a function because for every point on the horizontal axis, the parabola identified one and only one point in the vertical direction.
Determine whether the parabola y equals -x2 plus 15x plus 8 opens up down left or right?
when you have y=+/-x2 +whatever, the parabola opens up y=-(x2 +whatever), the parabola opens down x=+/-y2 +whatever, the parabola opens right x=-(y2 +whatever), the parabola opens left so, your answer is up
A parabola that opens upward?
Is a parabola whose directrix is below its vertex.
The equation y -3x2 describes a parabola. Which way does the parabola open?
The given terms can't be an equation without an equality sign but a negative parabola opens down wards whereas a positive parabola opens up wards.
What is maximum or minimum of a parabola depending on whether the parabola opens up or down?
Vertex
How do you know if a parabola has a minimum or maximum value?
When you look at the parabola if it opens downwards then the parabola has a maximum value (because it is the highest point on the graph) if it opens upward then the parabola has a minimum value (because it's the lowest possible point on the graph)
The maximum or minimum of a parabola depending on whether the parabola opens up or down?
A parabola opening up has a minimum, while a parabola opening down has a maximum.
If a is greater than 0 the parabola opens?
Upwards.
The parabola opens downward the vertex is called?
The maximum.
