What is the y-coordinate of the vertex of the parabola?
f(x)= -x^2 - 2x +6

  7

Step-by-step explanation:

The function can be written in vertex form as ...

  f(x) = -(x +1)^2 +7

The vertex is then identifiable as (-1, 7). The y-coordinate is 7.

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Vertex form is ...

  f(x) = a(x -h)^2 +k

where "a" is the vertical scale factor, and (h, k) is the vertex point. It is convenient to arrive at this form by factoring "a" from the first two terms, then adding and subtracting the square of the remaining x-coefficient inside and outside parentheses.

  f(x) = -(x^2 +2x) +6

  f(x) = -(x^2 +2x +1) + 6 -(-1) . . . . completing the square

  f(x) = -(x +1)^2 +7 . . . . . . . . . . . . vertex form; a=-1, (h, k) = (-1, 7)

6,250

step-by-step explanation:

to get the area, multiply 360 by 160.(57,600)

to find out how many bags of fertilizer it will take, first figure out how many square feet one bag can hold. divide 1000 by 8(125) to get the unit rate(how many square feet one pound of fertilizer can hold)and multiply it by 50(6250). if i haven't made a mistake, that is the answer.

a

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