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Identify a, h, and k for each function.y = 27 - 4) - 5 a-hek-y = (+4)anhekey = -(2 - 6)² + 3 amheke

Identify a, h, and k for each function.y = 27 - 4) - 5 a-hek-y = (+4)anhekey = -(2 - 6)² + 3 amheke-example-1
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We can identify a, h and k by looking at the general formula of a parabola in vertex form and comparing with the equations that you got:


y=a(x-h)^2+k

Where a is the stretches of the parabola, h is the x coordinate of the vertex and k is the y-coordinate of the vertex.

In te equation:


y=2(x-4)^2-5

h=4, since is the value that we are subtracting from x inside the parentheses, a=2, since it's the number that is multiplying by (x-h)^2 and k= -5, since this is the value that we add to the first term.

then a=2, h=4 and k= -5

In the equation:


y=(x+4)^2

h= -4, so when you subtract -4 from x you get x-(-4)=x+4 inside the parentheses, a=1, since the term (x-h)^2 hasn't a coefficient multiplying by it, and k= 0, since we are adding nothing to the first term.

then a=1, h= -4 and k= 0

In the equation:


y=-(x-6)^2+3

h=6, since is the value that we are subtracting from x inside the parentheses, a= -1, since it's the number that is multiplying by (x-h)^2 and k= 3, since this is the value that we add to the first term.

then a= -1, h=6 and k= 3

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