could someone please explain maxims and minimums to me, and how to find them?

summer421 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-11-2008, 11:04 PM

i have a test tomorrow, and our teacher didn't get a chance to teach it to us. i know how to trace it and all, i just dont know how far left or right to trace it. and what does "upward/downward bound" mean? please help me!

haha--ARGH--andyourpointis · #2 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008, 05:19 AM

if you're talking about parabolas, the maxmimum is the highest point of a downward pointing graph and the minimum is the lowest point of an upwards pointing parabola.

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