document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=910143>Question 910143</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How I write the equation of the parabola in vertex form:  vertex (-3,6) and point (1,-2) ? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #552255 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=552255\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Vertex form is also called Standard Form.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28y=a%28x-h%29%5E2%2Bk%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28y=a%28x-h%29%5E2%2Bk%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, the format for standard form for a parabola.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The vertex is (h,k).  The coordinates are given so you just substitute them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the equation for a.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute the coordinates of the given NONvertex point and evaluate a.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now you just substitute for what you found for a.\r<BR>\n" );
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