<span>D) y = (x-1)^2 - 16 Compare this to y = (x-h)^2 + k This is the std. equation of a parabola in vertex form.
You can see, by comparison, that h=1 and k= -16; these are the coordinates of the vertex, clearly shown in the diagram.
Since the coefficient of (x-h)^2 is +1, the graph opens upward (which the given graph confirms), and is neither compressed nor stretched vertically.</span>
