bellanaflaherty bellanaflaherty 23-01-2020 Mathematics contestada did i do this right? find the equation of the axis of symmetry for the parabola y=x^2-8x+5 used y=ax^2+bx+c and got a=1 b=-8 and c=5 then used the formula x=-b/2a and plugged that in and got x=- -8/2(1) and simplified to get x=4 as the axis of symmetry.