Question

Which of the following could represent the graph of y = −x2 + 1?

Answer 1

Problem Statement

We are asked to find which of the graphs corresponds to the following function:

$y=-x^2+1$

Solution

The function given to us is a quadratic function. A quadratic function usually has the following orientation:

$\begin{gathered} \text{Given the Quadratic Equation:} \\ y=ax^2+bx+c, \\ \text{The graph of the quadratic equation is given below:} \end{gathered}$

Comparing the sketch above with the options, the answer is OPTION C