What is the equation for the axis of symmetry of a parabola?

The graph of the parabola is represented by the quadratic function

y = a( x - p )2 + q which has an axis of symmetry represented by the equation of the vertical line x = p.

Step-by-step explanation:

find the magnitude of the trig term  

csc

(

x

)

−

1

by taking the absolute value of the coefficient.

1

find the lower bound of the range.

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y

=

−

2

find the upper bound of the range.

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y

=

0

the range is  

y

≤

−

2

or  

y

≥

0

.

(

−

∞

,

−

2

]

∪

[

0

,

∞

)

{

y

|

y

≤

−

2

,

y

≥

0

}

step-by-step explanation: