Book edition 6th

Author(s) Sullivan

Pages 1200 pages

ISBN 9780321795465

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The $x$ -coordinate of the vertex of $f (x) = a x^{2} + b x + c, a \neq 0$ , is ________.

The $x$ -coordinate of the vertex of $f (x) = a x^{2} + b x + c, a \neq 0$ , is $- \frac{b}{2 a}$ .

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Step 1. Given information.

The given statement is:

The $x$ -coordinate of the vertex of $f (x) = a x^{2} + b x + c, a \neq 0$ , is ________.

Step 2. Determine the missing term for the blank.

The vertex of a quadratic function $f (x) = a x^{2} + b x + c, a \neq 0$ is:

$V e r t e x = (- \frac{b}{2 a}, f (- \frac{b}{2 a}))$

Step 3. Conclusion.

The $x$ -coordinate of the vertex of $f (x) = a x^{2} + b x + c, a \neq 0$ , is $- \frac{b}{2 a}$ .

x	$y = f (x)$
-2	4
-1	1
0	-2
1	-5
2	-8

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