What is the minimum possible value for y in the equation y=x^2+12x+5+x^2+4x+17?
What is the minimum possible value for y in the equation y=x^2+12x+5+x^2+4x+17?
y = x2 + 12x + 5 + x2 + 4x + 17
y = 2x2 + 16x + 22
Positive x2 indicates this is a parabola that opens upward,
so the minimum value of y is at the vertex.
y = 2x2 + 16x + 22
first derivative y' = 4x + 16
set equal to 0 4x + 16 = 0
4x = –16
x = – 4 <—— this is the x-coordinate of the vertex
substitute – 4
in original eq y = 2x2 + 16x + 22
y = (2)(16) + (16)(–4) + 22
y = 32 – 64 + 22
y = –10 <—— this is the y-coordinate of the vertex
which is the minimum value of y
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