Question

Determine in which direction the parabola below opens.

y = 6x2 + 4x + 1
left
right
up
down

Answer 1

are you checking your work and just want the answer or you need help learning how to figure this out?

Answer 2

tbh ... im taking a pretest and if i exemp i get out of summer school and go to military school i dont have to know it but i need to exempt so no idk it

Answer 3

well, if you wanna just find the answers you can type that into google and it'll draw it for you and show you! If you would like a little explanation on what is going on and maybe you can understand it a bit, I think i can help!

Answer 4

with y = 6x^2 + 4x +1 there are a few things to note.

Answer 5

y = 6x^2 + 4x +1
that end part(+1), is going to tell you where your starting point will be on the y axis. this means we know the middle of the parabola will be at this point!

Answer 6

now... what is funny about x^2...
if i said x^2 = 4
can you solve for x?

Answer 7

:) i see you're in a hurry to get through this pretest! if you wanna learn REALLY easily how to solve this one in a short time watch this video. you will like it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDM4TE6I30