document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=701798>Question 701798</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am in Algebra 2 currently and most things are pretty easy and I understand them well, but I'm having some trouble with parabolas, because I haven't worked on them since like 8th grade.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The equation is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2x^2+x \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And I need it in vertex form. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "And I need it in vertex form.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Standard form of equation for a parabola: y=A(x-h)^2+k, (h,k)=(x,y) coordinates of the vertex.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for given equation: y=2x^2+x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "complete the square<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2(x^2+x/2+1/16)-1/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2(x+1/4)^2-1/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "vertex: (-1/4 -1/8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is a parabola that open up with vertex at  (-1/4 -1/8) </SPAN>\n" );
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