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| Question 626359:  Find the vertex, the line of symmetry, the maximum or minimum value of the quadratic function, and graph the function.
 F(x)=3x^2-12x+3
 What is the vertex?______
 What is the equation of the line of symmetry?________
 What is the maximum/minimum of f(x)?_________
 Is the value, f(2)= -9 a minimum or a maximum?
 Please graph.  Thank you!
 Answer by lwsshak3(11628)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Find the vertex, the line of symmetry, the maximum or minimum value of the quadratic function, and graph the function. F(x)=3x^2-12x+3
 Complete the square
 F(x)=3(x^2-4x+4)+3-12
 F(x)=3(x-2)^2-9
 This is an equation of a parabola that opens upwards (curve has a minimum)
 Its standard form of equation: y=(x-h)^2+k, (h,k)=(x,y) coordinates of the vertex
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 What is the vertex? (2,-9)
 What is the equation of the line of symmetry? x=2
 What is the minimum of f(x)? -9
 The value, f(2)= -9 is a minimum
 See graph below:
 
  
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