SOLUTION: how do you convert standard form to vertex form in the equation: x2+13x+12

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Question 620482: how do you convert standard form to vertex form in the equation:
x2+13x+12
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Hi,

how do you convert standard form to vertex form in the equation:

y = x^2 +13x+12      ||Completing the square

y = (x + 13/2)^2 - 169/4 + 12

y = (x + 13/2)^2  - 121/4    V((-13/2), (-121/4))

the vertex form of a parabola opening up or down: y=a%28x-h%29%5E2+%2Bk where(h,k) is the vertex.

The standard form is %28x+-h%29%5E2+=+4p%28y+-k%29, where  the focus is (h,k + p)