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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 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.


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


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.


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.