document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=961632>Question 961632</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the coefficient a,b, & c for quadratic equation y=ax^2+bx+c if graph has a max at (1,8) and passes through (3,0).  Is 1,8 my vertex? is c 1/2? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Not useful.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "USE STANDARD FORM!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Important is to know how these two specific equations are found; and then you can continue solving for a, and you can finish the quadratic equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "YES, the given maximum, (1,8), IS THE VERTEX.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The question or instruction was to find coefficients a, b, and c.  You can simply take your standard form finished equation, and perform the operations to simplify into general form. </SPAN>\n" );
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