SOLUTION: -2(x+3)=(y-1)^2 simplify into standard form and find vertex?

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Question 710170: -2(x+3)=(y-1)^2 simplify into standard form and find vertex?
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simplify into standard form and find vertex?
-2(x+3)=(y-1)^2
(y-1)^2=-2(x+3)
this is an equation of a parabola that opens leftwards.
Its standard form: (y-h)^2=4p(x-h), (h,k)=(x,y) coordinates of the vertex
For given equation: (y-1)^2=-2(x+3)
vertex: (-3,1)