What is the vertex of y= 1/5x^2 ?

1 Answer
Nov 26, 2015

Vertex is (0,0)

Explanation:

The standard equation for a parabola (non-conic) is
y= a(x-h)^2 +k ; => a != 0 , h, k are real number
the vertex is (h,k)

The equation y= 1/5 x^2 => y= 1/5 (x-color(red)0)^2 + color(red)0

Thus the vertex is (0,0) , and graph will look like this

graph{1/5x^2 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}