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"symbolab_question": "CONIC#vertices f(x)=x^{2}+16x+63"
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"display": "vertex parabola $$y=x^{2}+16x+63$$",
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{
"method": "Find vertex using vertex form",
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"symbolab_question": "vertexform y=x^{2}+16x+63"
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"method": "Find vertex using averaging the zeros",
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"title": "Parabola vertex given $$y=x^{2}+16x+63:{\\quad}$$Minimum $$\\left(-8,\\:-1\\right)$$",
"input": "y=x^{2}+16x+63",
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"title": "Parabola equation in polynomial form",
"text": "The vertex of an up-down facing parabola of the form $$y=ax^2+bx+c\\:$$is $$x_{v}=-\\frac{b}{2a}$$"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "The parabola parameters are:",
"result": "a=1,\\:b=16,\\:c=63"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "$$x_{v}=-\\frac{b}{2a}$$",
"result": "x_{v}=-\\frac{16}{2\\cdot\\:1}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "x_{v}=-8"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Plug in $$x_{v}=-8\\:$$to find the $$y_{v}\\:$$value",
"input": "y_{v}=\\left(-8\\right)^{2}+16\\left(-8\\right)+63",
"result": "y_{v}=-1",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Simplify $$\\left(-8\\right)^{2}+16\\left(-8\\right)+63:{\\quad}-1$$",
"input": "\\left(-8\\right)^{2}+16\\left(-8\\right)+63",
"result": "y_{v}=-1",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Remove parentheses: $$\\left(-a\\right)=-a$$",
"result": "=\\left(-8\\right)^{2}-16\\cdot\\:8+63"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply exponent rule: $$\\left(-a\\right)^{n}=a^{n},\\:$$if $$n$$ is even",
"secondary": [
"$$\\left(-8\\right)^{2}=8^{2}$$"
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"result": "=8^{2}-16\\cdot\\:8+63"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Multiply the numbers: $$16\\cdot\\:8=128$$",
"result": "=8^{2}-128+63"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Add/Subtract the numbers: $$-128+63=-65$$",
"result": "=8^{2}-65"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "$$8^{2}=64$$",
"result": "=64-65"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Subtract the numbers: $$64-65=-1$$",
"result": "=-1"
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Solution
vertices
Solution
Solution steps
The parabola parameters are:
Simplify
Plug in to find the value
Therefore the parabola vertex is
If then the vertex is a maximum value
If then the vertex is a minimum value
Graph
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