document.write( "Question 610832: Hello
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Algebra.Com's Answer #384643 by ewatrrr(24785) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Hi, 
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document.write( "As to remembering..it might help to remember WHAT a particular form easily tell us:
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document.write( "Hope this helps. 
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document.write( "For ex:
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document.write( " y = x^2 - 6x +8   this tells us the y-intercept when x = 0 is (0,8)
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document.write( "factored: y = (x-4)(x-2) esily gives us the zeros of the functions (when y = 0)
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document.write( "          0 = (x-4)(x-2) says x= 4 and x =2 are  the x-intercepts
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document.write( "vertex form:  y = (x-3)^2 -9 + 8  OR  y = 1·(x-3)^2 -1 
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document.write( "                                    says Vertex is (3,-1)& as 1>0, parabola opens Upward
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document.write( "We know the graph looks like this:
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