Suppose you were to graph a parabola given by the equation y=14x2+3x−1 . Which ordered pair would be the vertex of the graph?(1 point)

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To find the vertex of the parabola given by the equation \( y = 14x^2 + 3x - 1 \), we can use the formula for the x-coordinate of the vertex for a quadratic equation in standard form \( y = ax^2 + bx + c \), which is given by:

\[ x = -\frac{b}{2a} \]

In this case, \( a = 14 \) and \( b = 3 \). Plugging in these values:

\[ x = -\frac{3}{2 \cdot 14} = -\frac{3}{28} \]

Next, we need to calculate the corresponding y-coordinate by substituting \( x = -\frac{3}{28} \) back into the original equation:

\[ y = 14\left(-\frac{3}{28}\right)^2 + 3\left(-\frac{3}{28}\right) - 1 \]

Calculating \( \left(-\frac{3}{28}\right)^2 \):

\[ \left(-\frac{3}{28}\right)^2 = \frac{9}{784} \]

Now substitute this back:

\[ y = 14 \cdot \frac{9}{784} + 3 \cdot \left(-\frac{3}{28}\right) - 1 \]

Calculating each term:

  1. \( 14 \cdot \frac{9}{784} = \frac{126}{784} = \frac{63}{392} \)
  2. \( 3 \cdot \left(-\frac{3}{28}\right) = -\frac{9}{28} = -\frac{126}{392} \)

Now substituting these into the equation:

\[ y = \frac{63}{392} - \frac{126}{392} - 1 \]

Combine the fractions:

\[ y = \frac{63 - 126}{392} - 1 = \frac{-63}{392} - 1 = \frac{-63}{392} - \frac{392}{392} = \frac{-63 - 392}{392} = \frac{-455}{392} \]

Thus, the vertex of the parabola is at:

\[ \left(-\frac{3}{28}, -\frac{455}{392}\right) \]

So, the ordered pair representing the vertex is:

\[ \left(-\frac{3}{28}, -\frac{455}{392}\right) \]

-6,-1
-6,-10
-6,-11
-6,-9

To find the vertex of the parabola given by the equation \( y = 14x^2 + 3x - 1 \), we previously calculated the x-coordinate of the vertex as \( x = -\frac{3}{28} \). Now, we can check if any of the provided ordered pairs match the calculated vertex.

The ordered pairs you've listed are:

  1. (-6, -1)
  2. (-6, -10)
  3. (-6, -11)
  4. (-6, -9)

Since none of these x-coordinates are equal to \( -\frac{3}{28} \), none of these pairs can represent the vertex of the parabola.

To clarify, the vertex we determined earlier is approximately \((-0.107, -1.16)\), which does not match any of the provided options.

If you have specific choices from which to select the vertex, it seems none of the listed pairs would be correct. Please check if there are additional options or if you need assistance with something else!