Sunday, April 12, 2015

Find the vertex of the parabola y=x^2-6x?

We'll recall what are the coordinates of the vertex of the
parabola:


V(-b/2a ;
-delta/4a)


a,b,c are the coefficients of the
quadratic:


y = ax^2 + bx +
c


Comparing, we'll identify the
coefficients:


a = 1, b = -6 , c =
0


We'll calculate the x coordinate of the
vertex:


xV = -b/2a


xV =
-(-6)/2


xV = 3


We'll calculate
the y coordinate of the vertex:


yV =
-delta/4a


delta = b^2 -
4ac


delta = 36 - 4*1*0


delta =
36


yV = -36/4


yV =
-9


The requested coordinates of the vertex of
the given parabola are: V(3 , -9).

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