Finite Math Examples

$f (x) = x^{2} - 5 x + 6$

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

$f_{min}$ $x = a x^{2} + b x + c$ occurs at $x = - \frac{b}{2 a}$

Find the value of $x$ equal to $- \frac{b}{2 a}$ .

$x = - \frac{b}{2 a}$

Substitute in the values of $a$ and $b$ .

$x = - \frac{- 5}{2 (1)}$

Remove the extra parentheses from the expression $- \frac{- 5}{2 (1)}$ .

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Remove the parentheses from the numerator.

$x = \frac{5}{2 (1)}$

Remove the parentheses from the denominator.

$x = \frac{5}{2 (1)}$

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{5}{2}$

Replace the variable $x$ with $\frac{5}{2}$ in the expression.

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = {(\frac{5}{2})}^{2} - 5 (\frac{5}{2}) + 6$

Simplify the result.

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Simplify each term.

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Apply the product rule to $\frac{5}{2}$ .

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{5^{2}}{2^{2}} - 5 (\frac{5}{2}) + 6$

Raise $5$ to the power of $2$ .

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{25}{2^{2}} - 5 (\frac{5}{2}) + 6$

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

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{25}{4} - 5 (\frac{5}{2}) + 6$

Multiply $- 5 (\frac{5}{2})$ .

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Combine $- 5$ and $\frac{5}{2}$ .

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{25}{4} + \frac{- 5 \cdot 5}{2} + 6$

Multiply $- 5$ by $5$ .

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{25}{4} + \frac{- 25}{2} + 6$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{25}{4} - \frac{25}{2} + 6$

To write $\frac{25}{2}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{25}{4} - \frac{25}{2} \cdot \frac{2}{2} + 6$

Write each expression with a common denominator of $4$ , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of $1$ .

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Combine.

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{25}{4} - \frac{25 \cdot 2}{2 \cdot 2} + 6$

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{25}{4} - \frac{25 \cdot 2}{4} + 6$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{25 - 25 \cdot 2}{4} + 6$

Simplify the numerator.

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Multiply $- 25$ by $2$ .

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{25 - 50}{4} + 6$

Subtract $50$ from $25$ .

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{- 25}{4} + 6$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = - \frac{25}{4} + 6$

To write $\frac{6}{1}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{4}{4}$ .

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = - \frac{25}{4} + \frac{6}{1} \cdot \frac{4}{4}$

Write each expression with a common denominator of $4$ , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of $1$ .

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Combine.

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = - \frac{25}{4} + \frac{6 \cdot 4}{1 \cdot 4}$

Multiply $4$ by $1$ .

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = - \frac{25}{4} + \frac{6 \cdot 4}{4}$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{- 25 + 6 \cdot 4}{4}$

Simplify the numerator.

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Multiply $6$ by $4$ .

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{- 25 + 24}{4}$

Add $- 25$ and $24$ .

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = \frac{- 1}{4}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$f (\frac{5}{2}) = - \frac{1}{4}$

The final answer is $- \frac{1}{4}$ .

$- \frac{1}{4}$

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

$(\frac{5}{2}, - \frac{1}{4})$

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