I'll just do the second one. You do the others the same way:
Factor 3 out of the first two terms only. Since 4 is not
divisible by 3 and we have to take out a 3 anyway, we must
divide the 4 by 3 and get a fraction.
Next we complete the square inside the parentheses:
1. Multiply the coefficient of the term in x, which is ,
by , getting
2. Square this
3. Add and subtract inside the parentheses:
Group the first three terms in smaller parentheses inside the
larger parentheses:
The inner parentheses trinomial factors like this:
Now we distribute to remove the large parentheses, leaving the smaller
parentheses intact:
Then we complete the fraction work on the end.
Cancel the 3 into the 9 and we have
Get a common denominator of 3 by multiplying the 5 by
And the final vertex form is:
Edwin