24.11: E1.10- Section 6 Part 2
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Start exploring. How does changing h change the graph?
Start by changing h to -2.
That makes the spreadsheet look like the illustration below.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | |
1 | x | y | ||||||
2 | -6 | 36 | 2 | a | ||||
3 | -5 | 22 | -2 | h | ||||
4 | -4 | 12 | 4 | k | ||||
5 | -3 | 6 | ||||||
6 | -2 | 4 | ||||||
7 | -1 | 6 | ||||||
8 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
9 | 1 | 22 | ||||||
10 | 2 | 36 | ||||||
11 | 3 | 54 | ||||||
12 | 4 | 76 | ||||||
13 | 5 | 102 | ||||||
14 | 6 | 132 | ||||||
15 | ||||||||
16 |
Now we can notice that, when , the lowest point on the graph is at , and when , then the lowest point on the graph is at .
This suggests that maybe the value that is subtracted from x in the original formula is the one that determines where the lowest y-value is – that is, where the lowest point on the graph is.
Try , , and .
(leaving and ) | (leaving and ) | (leaving and ) |
Do these results support the conjecture we made in the previous sentence? Answer: Yes.
Example 21. Using the same formula and spreadsheet as in Example 18, use the values , , and explore the effect of changing k.
(leaving and ) | (leaving and ) | (leaving and ) |
We find that changing k alone changes how far up or down the lowest point on the graph is. It appears that the y-value of that lowest point is k.
Example 22. Using the same formula and spreadsheet as in Example 17, use and , and explore the effect of changing a.
(with and ) | (with and ) | (with and ) |
We find that changing a from a positive to a negative number makes the graph change from opening upward to opening downward. Making a larger (from 1 to 3) changes how large the y-values are, so that the y-values for are three times as large as those when .
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