## margejean Group Title What is the minimum value of the function: f(x)=2x^2-10x+5? one year ago one year ago

1. Mimi_x3 Group Title

Have you differentiated it?

2. margejean Group Title

No I have not. How do you do that?

3. Mimi_x3 Group Title

do you know calculus?

4. margejean Group Title

No I havent taken that class yet. This is AP Stats.

5. Mimi_x3 Group Title

Statistics..? This is Calculus. Or is there an algebra method to solve this?

6. margejean Group Title

This class is AP Stats but U guess it is just basic math review. (Algebra)

7. margejean Group Title

I mean I

8. Mimi_x3 Group Title

Hm, I don't know the algebra method.. maybe @lgbasallote might know

9. lgbasallote Group Title

i dont know algebra sorry

10. UnkleRhaukus Group Title

when the first derivative is zero, there will be a minimum or maximum

11. Mimi_x3 Group Title

is the algebra method got to do something with the vertex (-b)/2a?

12. UnkleRhaukus Group Title

yes Mimi_x3, that formula will give us the x-coordinate of the vertex,

13. margejean Group Title

um i am not sure, but i think if I use (-b)/2a the answer would be 5 or 2.5?

14. UnkleRhaukus Group Title

the value is the f(x), so sub x=-b/2a into f f(-b/2a)= to get the value of f(x) that the minimum

15. Mimi_x3 Group Title

Vertex: $\large \left(-\frac{b}{2a},a\left(-\frac{b}{2a}\right)^{2}+b\left(-\frac{b}{2a}\right)+C\right)$ a> 0 => its a min a<0 => its a max. however, the calculus method is more nicer :)

16. margejean Group Title

I got 2.5.i hope its right. thank you for helping.