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"query": {
"display": "vertex quadratic $$y=\\left(x-1\\right)^{2}-2$$",
"symbolab_question": "vertexquadratic y=(x-1)^{2}-2"
}
},
{
"method": "Find vertex using parabola form",
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"display": "vertex parabola $$y=\\left(x-1\\right)^{2}-2$$",
"symbolab_question": "vertexparabola y=(x-1)^{2}-2"
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"method": "Find vertex using vertex form",
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"display": "vertex form $$y=\\left(x-1\\right)^{2}-2$$",
"symbolab_question": "vertexform y=(x-1)^{2}-2"
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"method": "Find vertex using averaging the zeros",
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"title": "Parabola equation in polynomial form",
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"title": "Rewrite $$y=\\left(x-1\\right)^{2}-2\\:$$in the form $$y=ax^{2}+bx+c$$",
"input": "y=\\left(x-1\\right)^{2}-2",
"result": "y=x^{2}-2x-1",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Expand $$\\left(x-1\\right)^{2}-2:{\\quad}x^{2}-2x-1$$",
"input": "\\left(x-1\\right)^{2}-2",
"result": "y=x^{2}-2x-1",
"steps": [
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\left(x-1\\right)^{2}:{\\quad}x^{2}-2x+1$$",
"result": "=x^{2}-2x+1-2",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply Perfect Square Formula: $$\\left(a-b\\right)^{2}=a^{2}-2ab+b^{2}$$",
"secondary": [
"$$a=x,\\:\\:b=1$$"
],
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{
"type": "step",
"result": "=x^{2}-2x\\cdot\\:1+1^{2}"
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{
"type": "interim",
"title": "Simplify $$x^{2}-2x\\cdot\\:1+1^{2}:{\\quad}x^{2}-2x+1$$",
"input": "x^{2}-2x\\cdot\\:1+1^{2}",
"result": "=x^{2}-2x+1",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply rule $$1^{a}=1$$",
"secondary": [
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"result": "=x^{2}-2\\cdot\\:1\\cdot\\:x+1"
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{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Multiply the numbers: $$2\\cdot\\:1=2$$",
"result": "=x^{2}-2x+1"
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{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Add/Subtract the numbers: $$1-2=-1$$",
"result": "=x^{2}-2x-1"
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"primary": "The parabola parameters are:",
"result": "a=1,\\:b=-2,\\:c=-1"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "$$x_{v}=-\\frac{b}{2a}$$",
"result": "x_{v}=-\\frac{\\left(-2\\right)}{2\\cdot\\:1}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "x_{v}=1"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Plug in $$x_{v}=1\\:$$to find the $$y_{v}\\:$$value",
"input": "y_{v}=1^{2}-2\\cdot\\:1-1",
"result": "y_{v}=-2",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "y_{v}=-2"
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"primary": "Therefore the parabola vertex is",
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"type": "step",
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Solution
vertices
Solution
Solution steps
Rewrite in the form
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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