OCR MEI C1 — Question 11

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleC1 (Core Mathematics 1)
TopicQuadratic Functions

11 Fig. 11 shows the graph of \(y = a x ^ { 2 } + b x + c\). \begin{figure}[h]
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  1. Explain why a must be negative.
  2. State two factors of \(y = a x ^ { 2 } + b x + c\).
  3. Hence, or otherwise, find the values of \(a , b\) and \(c\). Another function is given by \(y = x ^ { 2 } - 4 x + 10\).
  4. Write this in completed square form.
  5. Explain why the graphs of these two functions never meet.