document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=145727>Question 145727</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you find the vertex, axis of symmetry and graph: f(x) -x^2-6x+3, in the back of my math book it says the vertex is (-3,12) i keep getting (-3,-6) Thanx :) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Vertex occurs where x = -b/2a = 6/-2 = -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(-3) = -(-3)^2-6(-3)+3 = -9+18+3 = 12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Vertex at (-3,12)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Axis at x = -3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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