Question

How does the graph of the function y=x^2 compare to the graph y=-5/2x^2? (5 over 2 is a fraction)

Answer 1

Is that this:\[y=(-\frac{ 5 }{ 2 })x ^{2}\]

Answer 2

Yes

Answer 3

The negative in front of the function turns it upside down. So it's a "mountain" instead of a "cup". got that so far?

Answer 4

Then the number out front makes the graph either really close to the y axis or really far away. Like this: