document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=830534>Question 830534</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> For y=x^2+2x-8, find the vertex by completing the square, find the y-intercept, find the x-intercepts, and sketch the graph </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #500677 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=500677\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Look at the lesson linked through my profile, \"Completing the Square to Solve General Quadratic Equation\".  You will want to change goal a little bit and put the equation into standard form, from which you can read the vertex point coordinates.  The x-intercepts are the general solutions to a quadratic formula.  For y-intercept, just let x=0, which you can do with the general form equation which you are given.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x intercepts:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "just compute the two values. </SPAN>\n" );
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