Can someone please help me with a question for a medal and fan?

Question

anonymous · Answer

Functions 1 and 2 are shown below:

Function 1: f(x) = −3x2 + 2

anonymous · Answer

hich function has a larger maximum? Type your answer as 1 or 2

geerky42 · Answer

f(x) is biggest at x=0, right?

geerky42 · Answer

So f(0) = 2.

biggest value of f(x) is 2. What about second function?

anonymous · Answer

4?

jdoe0001 · Answer

what's the maximum for the 1st one anyway?

anonymous · Answer

2 right?

jdoe0001 · Answer

well... dunno... how did you get 2 though?

jdoe0001 · Answer

how are you meant to find the maximum anyway?    by just graphing?
are you expected to use a calculator? or just a table of values?

anonymous · Answer

I'm really not sure. I'm so confused by this question

jdoe0001 · Answer

well... so... what chapter section is this meant to be covering then?

jdoe0001 · Answer

you could get it by several ways

but if you have not covered the material yet... you may want to do that firstly

anonymous · Answer

No, I did. It's just that I don't understand it

jdoe0001 · Answer

ok... so..  what was the section about though?    graphing? 

how are you expected to find it?  which method?