SOLUTION: Please help Complete the square as an aid in graphing y = x^2 + 2x - 1

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Complete the square as an aid in graphing
y = x^2 + 2x - 1

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Please help
Complete the square as an aid in graphing
y = x^2 + 2x - 1
=[X^2+2(X)(1)+1^2]-1^2-1
=(X+1)^2-2

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