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document.write( "y=-x^2-2x+1    |Completing Square to put into Vertex Form
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document.write( "y = -(x+1)^2 + 1 + 1
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document.write( "y = -(x+1)^2 + 2   V(-1,2)  y-intercept (0,1)
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document.write( "Parabola opening downward  -1 < 0, x = -1 line of symmetry
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