Find the Maximum/Minimum Value 2x^2-20x-6

$2 x^{2} - 20 x - 6$

Step 1

The minimum of a quadratic function occurs at $x = - \frac{b}{2 a}$ . If $a$ is positive, the minimum value of the function is $f (- \frac{b}{2 a})$ .

$f_{min}$ $x = a x^{2} + b x + c$ occurs at $x = - \frac{b}{2 a}$

Step 2

Find the value of $x = - \frac{b}{2 a}$ .

Substitute in the values of $a$ and $b$ .

$x = - \frac{- 20}{2 (2)}$

Remove parentheses.

$x = - \frac{- 20}{2 (2)}$

Simplify $- \frac{- 20}{2 (2)}$ .

Cancel the common factor of $- 20$ and $2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $- 20$ .

$x = - \frac{2 \cdot - 10}{2 \cdot 2}$

Cancel the common factors.

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

$x = - \frac{2 \cdot - 10}{2 (2)}$

Cancel the common factor.

$x = - \frac{2 \cdot - 10}{2 \cdot 2}$

Rewrite the expression.

$x = - \frac{- 10}{2}$

Cancel the common factor of $- 10$ and $2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $- 10$ .

$x = - \frac{2 \cdot - 5}{2}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $2$ out of $2$ .

$x = - \frac{2 \cdot - 5}{2 (1)}$

Cancel the common factor.

$x = - \frac{2 \cdot - 5}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite the expression.

$x = - \frac{- 5}{1}$

Divide $- 5$ by $1$ .

$x = - - 5$

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 5$ .

$x = 5$

Step 3

Evaluate $f (5)$ .

Replace the variable $x$ with $5$ in the expression.

$f (5) = 2 {(5)}^{2} - 20 \cdot 5 - 6$

Simplify the result.

Simplify each term.

Raise $5$ to the power of $2$ .

$f (5) = 2 \cdot 25 - 20 \cdot 5 - 6$

Multiply $2$ by $25$ .

$f (5) = 50 - 20 \cdot 5 - 6$

Multiply $- 20$ by $5$ .

$f (5) = 50 - 100 - 6$

Simplify by subtracting numbers.

Subtract $100$ from $50$ .

$f (5) = - 50 - 6$

Subtract $6$ from $- 50$ .

$f (5) = - 56$

The final answer is $- 56$ .

$- 56$

Step 4

Use the $x$ and $y$ values to find where the minimum occurs.

$(5, - 56)$

Step 5

Find the Maximum/Minimum Value 2x^2-20x-6

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