document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=326886>Question 326886</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the coordinates of the vertex for the parabola f (x) = 3x squared -2x. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The vertex for any parabola expressed in standard form:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ p(x)\ =\ ax^2\ +\ bx +\ c\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "is at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(\frac{-b}{2a},p\left(\frac{-b}{2a}\right)\right)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In your case <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large a\ =\ 3\">, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large b\ =\ -2\">, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large c\ =\ 0\">, so <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{-b}{2a}\ =\ \frac{-(-2)}{2(3)}\ =\ \frac{1}{3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "is at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(\frac{1}{3},p\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)\right)\ =\ \left(\frac{1}{3},\ 3\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^2\ -\ 2\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)\right)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can do your own arithmetic to calculate the value of your function.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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