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  • 17-04-2017
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Determine whether the parabola y = −x2 + 15x + 8 opens up, down, left, or right.

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  • 17-04-2017
dy/dx=-2x+15

d2y/dx2=-2

Since the acceleration is a constant negative it has an absolute maximum value for y(x), thus it opens downward, as x decreases without bound as x approaches ±∞
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