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What is the minimum value of the pararbola? I put (-2, -4) and it said that it was incorrect

What is the minimum value of the pararbola? I put (-2, -4) and it said that it was-example-1
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The minimum value is the x and y coordinate of the vertex of the parabola. Looking at the vertex of the graph downwards,

the value of x is - 2 while the value of y is - 4

Thus, the minimum value is (- 2, - 4)

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