Question

Please help me with math, it’s easy!! explanation needed!

Answer 1

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

This equation is in "vertex form," meaning that you can identify the vertex and other features of the graph from the equation.

  y = a(x -h)² +k . . . . . the vertex is (h, k); the vertical scale factor is "a"

Comparing to your equation, you see ...

  a = -1/2, h = 3, k = -1

The vertex is (h, k) = (3, -1). The vertical scale factor is negative.

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This tells you the graph opens downward (the scale factor is negative), and the vertex (maximum point) is below the x-axis. (It has a negative y-coordinate.)

Because it start below the x-axis and goes down from there, the graph does not intersect the x-axis. There are zero (0) x-intercepts.