Thread: Translation difficulties with quadratic example

Hi Math Help Forum!

I'm having problems in English written exercises, such as:

The quadratic function which takes the value at and the value at and is minimized at is:

And the minimum value of this function is:



So, what does "minimized at" means in this problem? The vertex of the function?

It would be extremely helpful if someone do the steps for this one too! :3

Salutations from Brazil! :3

Originally Posted by Zellator

Hi Math Help Forum!

I'm having problems in English written exercises, such as:

The quadratic function which takes the value at and the value at and is minimized at is:

And the minimum value of this function is:



So, what does "minimized at" means in this problem? The vertex of the function? yes

It would be extremely helpful if someone do the steps for this one too! :3

Salutations from Brazil! :3

equation for a quadratic with vertex is ...



you are given ,

use the coordinates of the two given points to determine and

Originally Posted by skeeter

equation for a quadratic with vertex is ...



you are given ,

use the coordinates of the two given points to determine and

Hi Skeeter!

Thank you so much for the reply!
I've been very busy so I only got to respond now. :3

So, the question was REALLY easy, wasn't it?

Wolfram confirms the answer as .

After getting and I got to resolve it with and .
No problem with this method, but do you know any other ways to resolve this?
It seem to be simpler than that.

About the formula .
I've never ever seen this, or someone using it whatsoever.
I get it, education is kind of lousy in here. It's a basic Algebra II formula isn't?
I feel so embarrassed hahahahah :3

Thanks Again Skeeter!