## anonymous 4 years ago What is the minimum value of the function: f(x)=2x^2-10x+5?

1. Mimi_x3

Have you differentiated it?

2. anonymous

No I have not. How do you do that?

3. Mimi_x3

do you know calculus?

4. anonymous

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

5. Mimi_x3

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

6. anonymous

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

7. anonymous

I mean I

8. Mimi_x3

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

9. lgbasallote

i dont know algebra sorry

10. UnkleRhaukus

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

11. Mimi_x3

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

12. UnkleRhaukus

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

13. anonymous

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

14. UnkleRhaukus

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

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. anonymous

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