SOLUTION: Please help me find the equation of a parabola in standard form.The Vertex:(-3,-1); The graph passes through the point (-2,-3) Thank you

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Question 797696: Please help me find the equation of a parabola in standard form.The Vertex:(-3,-1); The graph passes through the point (-2,-3)
Thank you
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Vertex:

Contains:

By symmetry must then contain









Which leads to:







Use any convenient method to solve what you will find to be the independent and consistent 3X3 system of equations for the ordered triple which gives you the coefficients to plug in to:



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