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OpenStudy (kymber):

How to find the maximum or minimum value of a quadratic function?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You look at the vertex. Are you at the calculus level or the algebra level?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

see the sign of x^2 coeffecient

OpenStudy (kymber):

Algrebra II, year three in high school. It's the same as the vertex?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

correct, vertex gives us max/min value. if x^2 coefficient is -ve, its min if x^2 coefficient is +ve, its max

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

its the opposite actually. if x^2 coefficient is -ve, its max if x^2 coefficient is +ve, its min

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What @ganeshie8 said, that will tell you whether the parabola faces up or down. The point at the vertex will be a min or a max depending on that coefficient.

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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