Question

In dire need of help with solving problems with quadratic functions, i do this online and they are not very helpful in explaining this the equation is: c(x) = ax^2 + bx + c

Answer 1

that is the general form of the quadratic function actually f(x)
you wrote 2 c's and that could be misleading
a, b and c are real numbers
the graph will look like a parabola
when a is positive it opens up smile the vertex will be the minimum
when a is negative it opens down the vertex is the maximum
to solve for x complete the square or use the formula
x =+/- square root of b^2 - 4*a*c all over 2*a
b^2 - 4*a*c is called the discriminant when >0 you have 2 real roots; when = 0 there is the same one real root; when less than 0 no real real roots