f(x) = 4x^2 - 2x + 8    .....taking the derivative and setting it to 0, we have

f ' (x)  = 8x - 2  = 0

8x = 2

x = 1/4

f(1/4) = 4(1/4)^2 - 2(1/4) + 8  =  1/4 - 1/2 + 8 =  7.75

So....the minimum occurs at  (1/4 , 7.75)  = (.25, 7.75)        .....and since this parabola turns "upward," we can be sure this is the miinimum

OK....see ya' later.......!!!!!

"Earthquake"  = "Scary"

Notice the pattern........

1/175  = 0.0057142857142857........

There is a repeated cycle of 6 digits.......

2 leading zeroes + 666 cycles of 6 digits = 3998 digits......so ......two more digits will give us 4000......and the second digit in the pattern is "7".....so.......this is the 4000th digit........!!!

Just high winds at my house (40+ mph, at times).....but.....it WAS nerve-wracking.....!!!!

You got that right  !!!!.......one struck my city - Shreveport - two nights ago.......no damage to me.....[Thank Goodness ]

Nope......I'm stuck here in Louisiana.........!!!!!

"Ronald"

Me, too.......my waistline likes it, as well  !!!!!