Math help plz how to solve parabola and its vertex, how to understand easily and step by step with an example provided please

The general equation for a parabola is:

y = f(x) = a*x^2 + b*x + c

And the vertex of the parabola will be a point (h, k)

Now, let's find the values of h and k in terms of a, b, and c.

First, we have that the vertex will be either at a critical point of the function.

Remember that the critical points are the zeros of the first derivate of the function.

So the critical points are when:

f'(x) = 2*a*x + b = 0

let's solve that for x:

2*a*x = -b

x = -b/(2*a)

this will be the x-value of the vertex, then we have:

h = -b/(2*a)

Now to find the y-value of the vertex, we just evaluate the function in this:

k = f(h) = a*(-b/(2*a))^2 + b*(-b/(2*a)) + c

k =  -b/(4*a) - b^2/(2a) + c

So we just found the two components of the vertex in terms of the coefficients of the quadratic function.

Now an example, for:

f(x) = 2*x^2 + 3*x + 4

The values of the vertex are:

h = -b/(2*a) = -3/(2*2) = -3/4

k = -b/(4*a) - b^2/(2a) + c

=  -3/(4*2) - (3)^2/(2*2) + 4 = -3/8 - 9/4 + 4 = (-3 - 18 + 32)/8 = 11/8

{x = -1/2 ,   y = -1

step-by-step explanation:

solve the following system:

{2 x + y = -2

{10 x - 3 y = -2

in the first equation, look to solve for y:

{2 x + y = -2

{10 x - 3 y = -2

subtract 2 x from both sides:

{y = -2 x - 2

{10 x - 3 y = -2

substitute y = -2 x - 2 into the second equation:

{y = -2 x - 2

{10 x - 3 (-2 x - 2) = -2

10 x - 3 (-2 x - 2) = (6 x + 6) + 10 x = 16 x + 6:

{y = -2 x - 2

{16 x + 6 = -2

in the second equation, look to solve for x:

{y = -2 x - 2

{16 x + 6 = -2

subtract 6 from both sides:

{y = -2 x - 2

{16 x = -8

divide both sides by 16:

{y = -2 x - 2

{x = -1/2

substitute x = -1/2 into the first equation:

{y = -1

{x = -1/2

collect results in alphabetical order:

answer:   {x = -1/2 ,   y = -1

slope =   (y2 -y1) ÷ (x2 -x1)

slope = (0 -0) / (-5, -7)

slope = 0 / -12 = 0

the slope of the line is zero.   it is perfectly horizontal.

step-by-step explanation: