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A manufacturing apprentice is programming a CNC milling machine to carve a curved groove onto a steel plate. The curved path is modeled by the horizontal parabola equation x=2(y+3)2+2x = -2(y+3)^2 + 2. To ensure the plate is aligned correctly on the workbench, the apprentice needs to identify which direction the curve bends. Because the lead coefficient aa is negative, this horizontal parabola opens to the ____.

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