SOLUTION: How I write the equation of the parabola in vertex form: vertex (-3,6) and point (1,-2) ?

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Question 910143: How I write the equation of the parabola in vertex form: vertex (-3,6) and point (1,-2) ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Vertex form is also called Standard Form.
highlight_green%28y=a%28x-h%29%5E2%2Bk%29, the format for standard form for a parabola.

The vertex is (h,k). The coordinates are given so you just substitute them.

Solve the equation for a.
Substitute the coordinates of the given NONvertex point and evaluate a.

Now you just substitute for what you found for a.