SOLUTION: How can you determine the values of a, h, and k in a radical function?

SOLUTION: How can you determine the values of a, h, and k in a radical function?

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Question 475571: How can you determine the values of a, h, and k in a radical function?
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You will have to explain what a,h,k are. To me, they are just a bunch of random variables which have nearly no meaning in relation with the problem.
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