Hi Mr. Alan
I been playing with this for 3 hours and this is what I have.
I guess you can read what I do here
But when I solve it and put in the x part it do not equal the y part.
Can you see what I do wrong?
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This is way ahead of where I am in maths. But it look like a fun one to do.
a quadratic is "y = ax2 + bx + c" a is negative because the parabola is upsidedown.
(-2,2)(0,1)(1,-2.5)
-a(-2)^2+b(-2)+c =2
-a(0)^2+b(0)+c =1
-a(1)^2+b(1)+c =-2.5
a(4)-2b+c=2
0+0+c=1
-a+b+c=-2.5
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a(4)-2b=1
a-b=1.5
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B=1.5-a
4a-2(1.5-a)=1
4a-3+a=1
5a=4
A=4/5
A=1.2
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B=1.5-1.2
B=0.3
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A=1.2 B=0.3 C=1
1.2(x^2)+0.3x+1=0
1.2(-2^2)+0.3(-2)+1 not = 0