Question 926615
Difficult to know until you complete the square to put into standard form.


Use the value or number, (2/2)^2=1.


{{{y=x^2+2x+1-1+2}}}
{{{y=(x+1)^2+1}}}



{{{x^2}}} was shifted 1 unit to the left and 1 unit upward.



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