Find the Axis of Symmetry y=2x^2+x-14

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

Step 1

Rewrite the equation in vertex form.

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

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

$a = 2$

$b = 1$

$c = - 14$

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 $d = \frac{b}{2 a}$ .

$d = \frac{1}{2 \cdot 2}$

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$d = \frac{1}{4}$

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 $e = c - \frac{b^{2}}{4 a}$ .

$e = - 14 - \frac{1^{2}}{4 \cdot 2}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

One to any power is one.

$e = - 14 - \frac{1}{4 \cdot 2}$

Multiply $4$ by $2$ .

$e = - 14 - \frac{1}{8}$

To write $- 14$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{8}{8}$ .

$e = - 14 \cdot \frac{8}{8} - \frac{1}{8}$

Combine $- 14$ and $\frac{8}{8}$ .

$e = \frac{- 14 \cdot 8}{8} - \frac{1}{8}$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$e = \frac{- 14 \cdot 8 - 1}{8}$

Simplify the numerator.

Multiply $- 14$ by $8$ .

$e = \frac{- 112 - 1}{8}$

Subtract $1$ from $- 112$ .

$e = \frac{- 113}{8}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$e = - \frac{113}{8}$

Substitute the values of $a$ , $d$ , and $e$ into the vertex form $2 {(x + \frac{1}{4})}^{2} - \frac{113}{8}$ .

$2 {(x + \frac{1}{4})}^{2} - \frac{113}{8}$

Set $y$ equal to the new right side.

$y = 2 {(x + \frac{1}{4})}^{2} - \frac{113}{8}$

Step 2

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

$a = 2$

$h = - \frac{1}{4}$

$k = - \frac{113}{8}$

Step 3

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

Opens Up

Step 4

Find the vertex $(h, k)$ .

$(- \frac{1}{4}, - \frac{113}{8})$

Step 5

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 6

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.

$(- \frac{1}{4}, - 14)$

Step 7

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

$x = - \frac{1}{4}$

Step 8

Find the Axis of Symmetry y=2x^2+x-14

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