SOLUTION: Find the maximum or minimum of: f(x) = x2 + 4x + 4. What is the value of x that produces the maximum (or minimum)?

Question 459952: Find the maximum or minimum of: f(x) = x2 + 4x + 4. What is the value of x that produces the maximum (or minimum)?
Answer by Gogonati(855) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First we write the equation of the Parabola in standard form:
,where (h, k) is the vertex of the Parabola.
In our case we have: , and the vertex is (-2, 0).
The value of x that produces the minimum is x=-2 and the value of the minimum is f(-2)=0. See the graph below:
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