Find the maximum or minimum of the following quadratic function: y= X^2-16

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surana · Answer

^2 representing exponent 2 and the answers are 

A: -16
B: 16
C: 32
D: 48

surana · Answer

I think it's -16, if they're looking for the vertex.

surana · Answer

If not, then I still need to keep looking.

surana · Answer

What's the derivative?

surana · Answer

So I put the numbers into the A and X spot, right?

trojanpoem · Answer

Don't worry, It's -16

surana · Answer

Oh thank gosh, I came up with that earlier, I was thinking this was about to get much more complex.

surana · Answer

So -16 is the answer?

trojanpoem · Answer

At first, I thought you are studying maxima and minima. here is the graph plotted , https://mathway.com/ you can notice clearly that "-16" is a minimum point.

welshfella · Answer

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