We have to find the parametric representation of the parabola y = (x+7)² - 5, which is represented in vertex form.
Parametric representations use a third variable on which we define x and y.
We will call this variable t.
We can start with defining t as:
[tex]\begin{gathered} t=x+7 \\ \Rightarrow x(t)=t-7 \end{gathered}[/tex]We then have already x in function of t.
Then, we can use the definition of t to find y(t):
[tex]\begin{gathered} y(t)=(x(t)+7)^2-5 \\ y(t)=(t-7+7)^2-5 \\ y(t)=t^2-5 \end{gathered}[/tex]We then have x and y defined in function of t.
Answer: we can represent the parabola in a parametric form as
x(t) = t-7
y(t) = t² - 5
