SOLUTION: Please help me convert this parabola into standard form y=3x^2+24x+42

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Question 815571: Please help me convert this parabola into standard form y=3x^2+24x+42
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Please help me convert this parabola into standard form
y=3x^2+24x+42
complete the square:
y=3(x^2+8x+16)+42-48
y=3(x+4)^2-6
This is a vertex form of equation for a parabola that opens up with vertex at (-4,-6)