SOLUTION: quadratic equations i am not looking for the working out of this question 3 - 2x - 8x^2 how do you get it to resemble the formula ax^2 + bx + c do you bring the 8x^2 to the

SOLUTION: quadratic equations i am not looking for the working out of this question 3 - 2x - 8x^2 how do you get it to resemble the formula ax^2 + bx + c do you bring the 8x^2 to the

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Question 499226: quadratic equations
i am not looking for the working out of this question
3 - 2x - 8x^2
how do you get it to resemble the formula
ax^2 + bx + c
do you bring the 8x^2 to the left side and make it positive as well as te 2x?
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Simply reorder the terms from:
3 - 2x - 8x^2
-8x^2 + 3 - 2x
-8x^2 -2x + 3 (this is in ax^2+bx+c form)
Now, you see that:
a is -8
b is -2
c is 3

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