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How To Graph Quadratic Equations Step by Step
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Feb 19, 2025
We've officially started chapter 4 and in the very first section, we're going to learn how to graph quadratic equations. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:20 Why learn this? 01:35 Definition of a quadratic equation 02:38 What is the vertex? 05:15 The axis of symmetry 06:40 Example: Graphing a quadratic function ( the steps)
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we starting chapter 4.1 and chapter 4.1
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has to do with uh quadratic equations
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and how to graph them now again like I
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told you
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guys before we even start the chapter we
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always have to figure out why do we do
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this right because that that has been
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one of the questions that you guys have
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always asked why we doarn this is this
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even necessary so I give you a quick
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example right suppose James some random
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guy named James is organizing a charity
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uh tournament right and he plans to
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charge a $20 entry fee for each of the
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80 players that are going to show up
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right now D he changed his mind say
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listen I'm going to raise this by
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$5 and then what happens when he did
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that five FAL players are shown up right
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so now he uses info to determine how
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many entry fees will Max his profit and
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if you do that you can get if you try to
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put this as a graph this is what you get
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so this is a this is called a quadratic
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equation so the quadratic equation
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pretty much gives you if you collect the
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data it gives you pretty much uh an
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overview of how his profit is changing
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in terms of whether he increases his
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fees or not right now in a quadratic
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equation you have several things that
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you need to know now that takes me to my
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next thing my next uh Point here so in a
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quadratic equation the greatest exponent
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is always a two this is a two right and
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any quadratic equation is always of the
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form a x² + BX + C this is what any
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quadratic equation that you come up with
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is going to look like f ofx which is the
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function equal a x² + b x + c a b and c
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are coefficients of A and B are
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coefficient of x² and X and then C is
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just a constant right so any quadratic
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equation that you get is going to look
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like this now if C is z you're just
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going to have something like X2 + 2x
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that's just an example right but most
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quadratic equation have to follow this
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specific format okay
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now I remember in in our last chapter we
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talked about quadratic equations and
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this is the one that looks like a u you
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guys kept saying U so this is now we're
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going to go into in depth about this
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this type of equations okay now in a
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quadratic equations you have several
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things that you need to know first is
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the vertex right vertex now the vertex
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is either the highest point on the graph
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or the lowest point on the graph for
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example here my vertex is going to be
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right here the summit right this is the
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highest point so here will be the
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maximum profit that this guy makes right
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so this is where he's going to make the
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maximum profit yes what does it say when
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it says $5 and something fewer f e w e r
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you don't have to copy that it's just an
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example but if you want to retain it
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that's that's fine yes what sport is
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that what sport yeah is it I don't know
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what tournament it's just a tournament
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that he's organizing okay I don't know
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maybe whatever sport maybe
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hockey if you want chess I won't playay
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20 buckess I don't want to play 20 play
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chess most boring game that's ever like
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created I don't like chess chess I like
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check
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Checkers Checkers for people like me you
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know we like that I mean people like me
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in terms of like my type
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of in a good way in a good way like I
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like Checkers it's quick you get it down
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like as
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CH I was trying to act all intelligent
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you like man get up you know I like CH
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check is my game all right so now this
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is the vertex the vertex is either the
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highest point or the lowest point on the
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graph on any given quadratic function
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the vertex is going to be the highest
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point or the lowest point now sometimes
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you have quadratic equation that go like
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this this is where you want to maximize
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something and when they are upside down
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you want to minimize something right you
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either want to maximize it or minimize
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it you want to minimize loss but you
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want to maximize profit right so I
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remember one day I I was studying a
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certain Serv shoe and when I when I
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collected the data from the shoe I put
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it in the um in my table and when I when
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I uh graft it it looked like a quadratic
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equation basically the shoe came out
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right it wasn't selling for a lot and at
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some point it picked I'm thinking yay
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and then it start to go down so that you
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can use you can use quadratic equations
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because that is the best uh the equation
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of best fit it fits the data well right
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so that's all we use this for we use it
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to see if you get a maximum profit
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somewhere minimum loss that type of
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stuff or whatever else you want to study
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you can use a quadratic model if it fits
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the model okay now here in the quadratic
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equation we also have what we call the
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axis of symmetry right and this axis as
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you can see what does it do to the graph
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you can observe it and see it cuts it in
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half right so the axis of symmetry
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always cuts this in half and that's
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going to be handy when we try to graph
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this function we're going to learn how
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to use this to graph a function now the
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next thing we're going to talk about so
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so far all we've talked about is what
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the quadratic equation is like and what
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does it look like now we're going to
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talk about how to find the axis of
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symmetry and how to find the vertex
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right so to do that we need to find an
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example so let me go to the textbook
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here so we have a function f
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ofx equals
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to remember this is being it so you
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don't have to wor but you can go back
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and watch it right let me just erase
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that whole thing yeah you can it's going
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to be available online my not right so
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x² +
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4x right - 3 so this is a quadratic
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equation this is a quadratic function so
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now with this quadratic function we're
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going to try to find the axis of
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symmetry we're going to try to find the
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Y intercept and we also going to try to
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find the vertex right so there are three
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things that we want to find we want to
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find the
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axis of symmetry right we also want to
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find the
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vertex and we also want to find a y
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intercept with these three pieces we
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will be able to graph this quadratic
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equation now why is this quadratic
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because it fits the model what ax² + BX
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+ C right it fits this model this is our
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model A X2 + b x + C that's the
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quadratic Mar so now here what is the
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value of a in this
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equation a is one B is and then C is C
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is3 right so a we need all this a is one
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B is 4 and then C is -3 now the first
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thing I want to find is what my Axis of
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Symmetry right I want to find it so
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number one we need to find the
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axis of
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you want to find this so to do it we
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have to follow the
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formula and the formula is what x equals
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what B over 2 a so this is how you find
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the axis of symmetry right so now here
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what is B four so negative V will be4
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over 2 * what 1 right be2 so that'll be
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-4 over 2 which is 2 so our axis of
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symmetry is x
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= -2 is going to be is the axis I just
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put as I don't want to keep writing axis
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of symmetry I'm just getting tired of
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that right so this is our axis now the
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next thing we want to find is we want to
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find the vertex right the vertex so next
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two we want to find the
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vertex so to find a Vertex this is the
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formula for the vertex right B over 2 a
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and F of B / 2 a so do I already have B
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over 2 a yes or no yeah yes so I already
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have the x coordinate of the vert is -2
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now to find the y coordinate all I have
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to do is what take this guy and do what
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to it plug it into the equation plug it
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into the equation right so I need to
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find F of -2 I remember we did this in
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one of the first chapters right I need
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to find this point so I need to find F
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of 2 to find F of -2 all this is saying
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is what I'm going to take -2 and I'm
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going to plug it into the equation so
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let me find F of -2 right so F of -2 is
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-2
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2 + 4 *
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-2 - 3 right which is 4 - 8 - 3 4 - 8 is
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-44 - 3 is7 so F of-2 is7 so therefore
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my
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vertex the vertex
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is -2 and then -7 right now I need to
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find this the third piece is my my Y
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intercept Nathan how do I find the Y
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intercept you're going to plug your -2
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now the y intercept
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Y intercept yeah the Y intercept is when
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X is
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what zero right X is zero so I need to
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find the Y intercept so I'm going to
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find F of what F of 0 right so that is 0
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2 + 4 * 0 - 3 which is -3 and again the
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Y intercept is not just is a point so
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you mean it has a x coordinate and a y
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coordinate right so the x coordinate is
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zero and the y coordinate is what we
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just found so our y intercept is what Z3
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and3 now with these three pieces of
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information we can graph this function
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okay so now let me show you how the
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graph this based on that so
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now there's also one thing that we need
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to learn right a is equal to what we say
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is one right because a is one the graph
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opens
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what upward right it's going to look
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like this because a if a is positive
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right the graph looks like this when a
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is negative the graph looks like this it
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opens downward so this is also another
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piece of information that we need to
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keep when a is positive you have a u a
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regular U and when a is negative you
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have a flipped over you right wait we
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have
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absolute no absolute value here don't
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worry there's no absolute value so do
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not even mention that let you cause
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trouble right okay so now we need to
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First first the first thing that we need
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to graph is the uh the vertex what's the
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vertex -27 right 1 2 -2 oh no -2 -7 so 1
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2 3 4 5 6 7 right so that's the
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vertex right that's our vertex now the
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next thing I need to graph is my Y
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intercept right I need to find a y in
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Step what is it 03 so it's right here
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right 03 1 2 3
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right now here's the thing since a is
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positive the graph is going to open what
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upward right but I also need to know
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what my Axis of Symmetry right so now
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let me do this first so because it's a
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curve it's going to go like that right
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but it's a curve this is just half of
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the curve I need the second half right
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to get the second half is my Axis of
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Symmetry is what my Axis is -2 right so
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this line here we usually use the dotted
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line for it is going to cut my graph in
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two portions so that means all I have to
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do now is do what just get the second
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portion like this because this is going
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to cut it in half does that make sense
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right so all we need to graph it uh is
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we just need the vertex the axis of
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symmetry and sometimes the Y intercept
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because sometimes if the equation does
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not have Y intercept you're going to
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need a different point in this case this
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is perfect because we have a y intercept
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we can graph it all right so it's pretty
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simple so now we're going to look at
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some other uh way to graph this so let's
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let's it's pretty
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simple let's graph this function here
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can I erase this yeah all right so let's
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graph another
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function so let's say we have f ofx
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right
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equals -5
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X2
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right - 10
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x + 6 right so what do I need to find I
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need to find what your vertex my vertex
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right I guess yeah yeah I need to find
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my vertex so what's my
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vertex is X x equals what negative what
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2 B first first before we do let's put a
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is equal to
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what
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B and then C six right so since a is
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negative is the graph going to go up or
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down like that down down right so it's
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going to be a graph that looks like this
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so let's just keep that in mind as we
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working right we already know that so
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now let me find vertex right I need to
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find the x coordinate so let's put
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vertex
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first so X is what B over 2 a right oh
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yeah so that be what
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Stephanie so-1 right over 2 *
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what 5 so this is 10 over 10 10 which
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is1 right so the x coordinate is 1 now
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to find the yord what do I do I'm going
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take this guy PL plug it into the
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function right so that gives you
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what5 * 1 2 right - 10 * -1 + 6 this is
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negative here it's a it's Square so
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this5 right + 10 + 6 16 - 5
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is 11 right no n oh yeah 11 11 16 all
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right so our vertex is -111 right now
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what is my Y
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intercept we don't have we have to think
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twice what is it if you replace those
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X's by Zer the Y what six so 0
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right do we still need to find the xaxis
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Symmetry let me let you in on something
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we already have it is what1 is always
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going to be the x coordinate of the
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vertex right so now we can graph this so
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now let's graph
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it so vertex is -111 so 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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right right
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somewhere right Y intercept 0 6 0 1 2 3
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4 5 six right so remember the curve is
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going to go like that right and then I
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just need to draw my what my AIS of do
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you have to draw that repeat huh do you
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have to draw the yeah you do why just
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for the sake of making sure you're
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showing that you know what you're doing
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CU he cuts the graph into two halves and
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this is it right
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yeah I don't get you don't get
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what all right what did I gra
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first what is this point
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called no that's what is this what term
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do we use for it vertex and this is the
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Y intercept right so we put the vertex
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the vertex is either the highest point
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or the lowest so once you get it right
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you find another point on the graph and
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connect those dot into a curve like
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right and then you know that whenever
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you get it your axis of symmetry is
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always in the middle is going to cut
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this into two halves so if you get one
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portion you can repeat the other portion
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that make sense all right so now the
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terms that we have that we use in this
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chapter for um the vertex right I'm
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going to tell you what they are so this
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type of vertex here because it's our
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highest point what we going to call it
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we going to call it the maximum right
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maximum so maximum mean this the highest
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point on the curve that's the term that
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we use so whenever you here find the
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maximum they asking you to find the
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vertex right and then if you have
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something like
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this minimum that's right minimum right
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there you go that's a minimum because
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that's the lowest point on the graph
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right so you have two things you have
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the minimum or the max maximum and he
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always the vertex the vertex can need be
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a maximum when he's the highest point on
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the graph or a minimum when he the
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lowest point on the graph all right yeah
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do homework don't ask me that right now
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you just something my like I'm I'm in
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the middle of something you ask me about
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homework wait okay now let's work on U
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word
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problem what
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what
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mhm let's work on the word problem here
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and then we can call it to there so I
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can turn this off now
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