Find the Axis of Symmetry f(x)=2x^2+14x+20

$f (x) = 2 x^{2} + 14 x + 20$

Step 1

Write $f (x) = 2 x^{2} + 14 x + 20$ as an equation.

$y = 2 x^{2} + 14 x + 20$

Step 2

Rewrite the equation in vertex form.

Complete the square for $2 x^{2} + 14 x + 20$ .

Use the form $a x^{2} + b x + c$ , to find the values of $a$ , $b$ , and $c$ .

$a = 2$

$b = 14$

$c = 20$

Consider the vertex form of a parabola.

$a {(x + d)}^{2} + e$

Find the value of $d$ using the formula $d = \frac{b}{2 a}$ .

Substitute the values of $a$ and $b$ into the formula $d = \frac{b}{2 a}$ .

$d = \frac{14}{2 \cdot 2}$

Cancel the common factor of $14$ and $2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $14$ .

$d = \frac{2 \cdot 7}{2 \cdot 2}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $2$ out of $2 \cdot 2$ .

$d = \frac{2 \cdot 7}{2 (2)}$

Cancel the common factor.

$d = \frac{2 \cdot 7}{2 \cdot 2}$

Rewrite the expression.

$d = \frac{7}{2}$

Find the value of $e$ using the formula $e = c - \frac{b^{2}}{4 a}$ .

Substitute the values of $c$ , $b$ and $a$ into the formula $e = c - \frac{b^{2}}{4 a}$ .

$e = 20 - \frac{14^{2}}{4 \cdot 2}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Raise $14$ to the power of $2$ .

$e = 20 - \frac{196}{4 \cdot 2}$

Multiply $4$ by $2$ .

$e = 20 - \frac{196}{8}$

Cancel the common factor of $196$ and $8$ .

Factor $4$ out of $196$ .

$e = 20 - \frac{4 (49)}{8}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $4$ out of $8$ .

$e = 20 - \frac{4 \cdot 49}{4 \cdot 2}$

Cancel the common factor.

$e = 20 - \frac{4 \cdot 49}{4 \cdot 2}$

Rewrite the expression.

$e = 20 - \frac{49}{2}$

To write $20$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$e = 20 \cdot \frac{2}{2} - \frac{49}{2}$

Combine $20$ and $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$e = \frac{20 \cdot 2}{2} - \frac{49}{2}$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$e = \frac{20 \cdot 2 - 49}{2}$

Simplify the numerator.

Multiply $20$ by $2$ .

$e = \frac{40 - 49}{2}$

Subtract $49$ from $40$ .

$e = \frac{- 9}{2}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$e = - \frac{9}{2}$

Substitute the values of $a$ , $d$ , and $e$ into the vertex form $2 {(x + \frac{7}{2})}^{2} - \frac{9}{2}$ .

$2 {(x + \frac{7}{2})}^{2} - \frac{9}{2}$

Set $y$ equal to the new right side.

$y = 2 {(x + \frac{7}{2})}^{2} - \frac{9}{2}$

Step 3

Use the vertex form, $y = a {(x - h)}^{2} + k$ , to determine the values of $a$ , $h$ , and $k$ .

$a = 2$

$h = - \frac{7}{2}$

$k = - \frac{9}{2}$

Step 4

Since the value of $a$ is positive, the parabola opens up.

Opens Up

Step 5

Find the vertex $(h, k)$ .

$(- \frac{7}{2}, - \frac{9}{2})$

Step 6

Find $p$ , the distance from the vertex to the focus.

Find the distance from the vertex to a focus of the parabola by using the following formula.

$\frac{1}{4 a}$

Substitute the value of $a$ into the formula.

$\frac{1}{4 \cdot 2}$

Multiply $4$ by $2$ .

$\frac{1}{8}$

Step 7

Find the focus.

The focus of a parabola can be found by adding $p$ to the y-coordinate $k$ if the parabola opens up or down.

$(h, k + p)$

Substitute the known values of $h$ , $p$ , and $k$ into the formula and simplify.

$(- \frac{7}{2}, - \frac{35}{8})$

Step 8

Find the axis of symmetry by finding the line that passes through the vertex and the focus.

$x = - \frac{7}{2}$

Step 9

Find the Axis of Symmetry f(x)=2x^2+14x+20

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