Find the Maximum/Minimum Value f(x)=-2x^2+8x-4

$f (x) = - 2 x^{2} + 8 x - 4$

Step 1

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

$f_{max}$ $x = a x^{2} + b x + c$ 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 $b$ .

$x = - \frac{8}{2 (- 2)}$

Remove parentheses.

$x = - \frac{8}{2 (- 2)}$

Simplify $- \frac{8}{2 (- 2)}$ .

Cancel the common factor of $8$ and $2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $8$ .

$x = - \frac{2 \cdot 4}{2 \cdot - 2}$

Cancel the common factors.

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

$x = - \frac{2 \cdot 4}{2 (- 2)}$

Cancel the common factor.

$x = - \frac{2 \cdot 4}{2 \cdot - 2}$

Rewrite the expression.

$x = - \frac{4}{- 2}$

Cancel the common factor of $4$ and $- 2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $4$ .

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

Move the negative one from the denominator of $\frac{2}{- 1}$ .

$x = - (- 1 \cdot 2)$

Multiply $- (- 1 \cdot 2)$ .

Multiply $- 1$ by $2$ .

$x = - - 2$

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 2$ .

$x = 2$

Step 3

Evaluate $f (2)$ .

Replace the variable $x$ with $2$ in the expression.

$f (2) = - 2 {(2)}^{2} + 8 (2) - 4$

Simplify the result.

Simplify each term.

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

$f (2) = - 2 \cdot 4 + 8 (2) - 4$

Multiply $- 2$ by $4$ .

$f (2) = - 8 + 8 (2) - 4$

Multiply $8$ by $2$ .

$f (2) = - 8 + 16 - 4$

Simplify by adding and subtracting.

Add $- 8$ and $16$ .

$f (2) = 8 - 4$

Subtract $4$ from $8$ .

$f (2) = 4$

The final answer is $4$ .

$4$

Step 4

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

$(2, 4)$

Step 5

Find the Maximum/Minimum Value f(x)=-2x^2+8x-4

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