Concavity of a Parabola Show that the quadratic function f (x) = ax2 + bx + c is concave up if a > 0 and is concave down if a < 0. Therefore, the rule that a parabola opens up if a > 0 and down if a < 0 is merely an application of concavity. [Hint: Find the second derivative.]
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