Provide an appropriate response.Why is it not possible to choose h and k, neither zero, so the parabola  has its vertex at the origin?

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The only way a parabola can have its vertex on the x-axis is if  and the only way a parabola can have its vertex on the  is if  So the only way a parabola can have its vertex at the origin is if both h and k are zero.

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