SOLUTION: I need help on this one please! for the function y=x2 - 4x - 5, perform the fowolling tasks: put the function in the form y=(x - h)2+k help me brake it down to figure it

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Question 31442: I need help on this one please!
for the function y=x2 - 4x - 5, perform the fowolling tasks:
put the function in the form y=(x - h)2+k
help me brake it down to figure it out thank you.

Answer by mukhopadhyay(490)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I think you are asking to translate y=x^2-4x-5 to a form y=(x - h)^2+k
y=x^2-4x-5
=>y=(x^2-4x)-5
=>y=(x^2-2*2x)-5
=>y=(x^2-2*2x+2^2-2^2)-5
=>y=(x^2-2*2x+2^2)-2^2-5
=>y=(x-2)^2-4-5
=>y=(x-2)^2+(-9)
We translated the original equation into a desirable form where h=2 and k=-9.

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