How do you identify the important parts of y=5x2x to graph it?

1 Answer
Apr 13, 2018

See below....

Explanation:

The x-intercepts can be found out by putting y=0 in the equation.

5x2x=0
x(5x1=0)

So x=0 and x=15=0.2

Also the minimum of the function is at the point where dydx=0

or, 10x1=0
or, x=0.1

The function is a parabola of the form x2=4ay and y=+ when x±.

graph{5x^2-x [-1.108, 1.292, -0.239, 0.96]}