Given y=\displaystyle {y}=-1/2x23x2.5\displaystyle {x}^{{2}}-{3}{x}-{2.5}
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Graph y=\displaystyle {y}=-1/2x23x2.5\displaystyle {x}^{{2}}-{3}{x}-{2.5} and the parent function

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