document.write( "Question 449150: How do you find the x-intercepts and the vertex of the graph of the function? Could you also graph the vertex if possible, thank you!
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document.write( "Using the vertex form of a parabola,  where(h,k) is the vertex
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document.write( "y=x(x+2)   |Putting into vertex form
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document.write( "y=x^2 + 2x  |Completing the square
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document.write( "y = (x+1)^2 - 1  |Vertex is (-1,-1) and  Line of symmetry is x = -1\r
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