SOLUTION: i really need help with this. i thought to have an equation in vertex form and to find the vertex you had to have a y variable but in this equation there is no y. Please help me it

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Question 172686: i really need help with this. i thought to have an equation in vertex form and to find the vertex you had to have a y variable but in this equation there is no y. Please help me it will be much appreciated.

Write the quadratic function in vertex form. Then, identify the vertex.
x^2-8x+11=0

Answer by Mathtut(3670)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
completing the square
factoring
vertex is at(4,-5)

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