Vertex Form of a quadratic equation
A quadratic equation has the vertex form:
![y=a(x-h)^2+k](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/97p0xsjs0cwme4ddvwkim2cbbqprhnlhsv.png)
Where (h,k) is the vertex of the parabola and a is the leading coefficient.
If a is positive, the parabola is concave up, if a is negative, the parabola is concave down.
We'll identify each graph with a number so we can relate them with their corresponding equation.
Graph 1. Has the vertex at (-5,7) and opens up. The equation of this parabola (for a=1) is:
![y=(x+5)^2+7](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/jsndila9bc0les6s8dbh0liaukuoi1lttc.png)
Graph 2 has the vertex at (5,7) and opens up. The equation is:
![y=(x-5)^2+7](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/t5imz0y3jl1rto0y7jai02mpf4lru7u5al.png)
Graph 3 has the vertex at (5,-7) and opens up. The equation is
![y=(x-5)^2-7](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/frw98goa4o69wiad1wb3nrhdm8nr6v9ton.png)
Graph 4 has the vertex at (5,-7) and opens down. The equation is
![y=-(x-5)^2-7](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/tz1n1a0cj6643l73hcywai0j94qemlrp43.png)
Graph 5 has the vertex at (-5,-7) and opens up. The equation is
![y=(x+5)^2-7](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/3b7kpsc9glkqly5dhsbwr3osya0l02kg4k.png)
Finally, graph 6 has the same vertex as graph 5 and opens up also, but it grows much faster than that one. The difference is that the leading factor is greater than one. This corresponds to the equation
![y=6(x+5)^2-7](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/1fa8zdkyq48b295gca5d6ik9m02fkujyri.png)
The image below shows the correspondence between the graphs and their equations labeled with numbers.