SOLUTION: can you write y = -3x^2 - 18x - 29 in vertex form

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Question 623946: can you write y = -3x^2 - 18x - 29 in vertex form
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi

vertex form of: 

y = -3x^2 - 18x - 29    ||Vertex form is found by Completing the Square

y = ax^2 + bx + c   ⇒ y+=+a%28x+-%28-b%2F2a%29%29%5E2+-+a%28-b%2F2a%29%5E2+%2B+c

 y = -3(x+3)^2 + 27 -29

 y = -3(x+3)^2 - 2