What is the vertex of the parabola #y=(x+5)^2+49#?
1 Answer
Mar 27, 2016
(-5 , 49)
Explanation:
The vertex form of the parabola is
#y =a(x-h)^2 + k # where (h , k) are the coordinates of the vertex.
The function
# y = (x + 5)^2+ 49" is in this form "# and by comparison h = - 5 and k = 49
thus vertex = ( -5 , 49 )
graph{(x+5)^2+49 [-320, 320, -160, 160]}