There are many ordered pairs that are solutions to the equation but here are the few; (0,2.5), (2,2), (4,1.5), (-2,3), (-4,3.5), (-6,4), (6,1), (8,0.5), etc...
That's vertex form for a parabola and we read off vertex (p,q) as
Answer: Vertex (5,7)
The negative <em>a</em> tells us this is a downward opening parabola (upside down from the usual . I remember CUP - Concave Up Positive; here <em>a </em>is negative so not a cup, instead concave <em>down.</em> The same rule applies to second derivatives in calculus so memorize it now and use it later.
The Formula is 4 x Pi x Radius Squared . surface area of sphere = 4 x pi x radius x radius where "x" indicates multiplication and pi = approximately 3.141592654 4 * pi * r^2