SOLUTION: For y=x^2+2x-8, find the vertex by completing the square, find the y-intercept, find the x-intercepts, and sketch the graph

Question 830534: For y=x^2+2x-8, find the vertex by completing the square, find the y-intercept, find the x-intercepts, and sketch the graph
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Look at the lesson linked through my profile, "Completing the Square to Solve General Quadratic Equation". You will want to change goal a little bit and put the equation into standard form, from which you can read the vertex point coordinates. The x-intercepts are the general solutions to a quadratic formula. For y-intercept, just let x=0, which you can do with the general form equation which you are given.

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x intercepts:
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just compute the two values.
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