document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1097067>Question 1097067</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the Quadratic Equation in Standard Form\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Standard Form: f(x)=a(x-h)^2 + k\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x)=-(x^2 +2x -3) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #711464 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</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=711464\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you have your function in the form, y=ax^2+bx+c and you want to change the form so that you can read and 'see' the vertex and symmetry axis then you could use Completing The Square.\r<BR>\n" );
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