document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=904278>Question 904278</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help explain these: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A quadratic function is given <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) Express the quadratic function in standard form<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) Sketch its graph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c) Find its maximum or minimum value <BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x) = 3x^2 - 6x + 1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x) = -x^2 - 3x + 3  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "That will help you for the standard form, as much as for finding the vertices and the zeros.\r<BR>\n" );
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