What is the vertex of the parabola $y=(x-8)^2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-30T07:28:16

Vertex is at point (8,0).

The parabola equation is of the form

$y=a(x-h)+k$

The vertex is at point $(h,k)$

The given equation is

$y=(x-8)^2$

So the vertex is at $(8,0)$

graph{(x-8)^2 [-0.39, 17.02, -2.586, 6.114]}

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