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"primary": "$$x_{v}=-\\frac{b}{2a}$$",
"result": "x_{v}=-\\frac{\\left(-18\\right)}{2\\cdot\\:3}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "x_{v}=3"
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"title": "Plug in $$x_{v}=3\\:$$to find the $$y_{v}\\:$$value",
"input": "y_{v}=3\\cdot\\:3^{2}-18\\cdot\\:3+23",
"result": "y_{v}=-4",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Simplify $$3\\cdot\\:3^{2}-18\\cdot\\:3+23:{\\quad}-4$$",
"input": "3\\cdot\\:3^{2}-18\\cdot\\:3+23",
"result": "y_{v}=-4",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$3\\cdot\\:3^{2}=3^{3}$$",
"input": "3\\cdot\\:3^{2}",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply exponent rule: $$a^b\\cdot\\:a^c=a^{b+c}$$",
"secondary": [
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"result": "=3^{1+2}",
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},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Add the numbers: $$1+2=3$$",
"result": "=3^{3}"
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"title": "$$18\\cdot\\:3=54$$",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Add/Subtract the numbers: $$-54+23=-31$$",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "$$3^{3}=27$$",
"result": "=27-31"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Subtract the numbers: $$27-31=-4$$",
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Solution
vertices
Solution
Solution steps
The parabola parameters are:
Simplify
Plug in to find the value
Therefore the parabola vertex is
If then the vertex is a maximum value
If then the vertex is a minimum value
Graph
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