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PLEASE HELP WITH THIS ONE QUESTION

PLEASE HELP WITH THIS ONE QUESTION-example-1
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Answer:

The graph moved down 5 units

Explanation:

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Answer:

Explanation:

The best way to get an answer to this question is to study the graph you get when you study the result from Desmos, which is a free graphing program.

Notice the way the graph is laid out. If the graph was simply y = x^2 - 6x then the y value for the minimum value would be x = 3 (just like the 2 values you do get) and y = -9

But y = x^2 - 6x + 3 has you moving up 3 units to y = - 6 and y = x^2 - 6x + 8 moves you to y = - 1. Which way are you going? The difference is 5 units and you are moving down because you start at y = x^2 - 6x + 8 and move down to x^2 - 6x + 3.

Without finding minimums (which is a cumbersome process which needs to be done twice) there's no easy way to do this except graphing.

The answer is B.

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