Question

What is f(x) = 2x2 + 28x – 5 written in vertex form?

Answer 1

To convert a quadratic from y = ax2 + bx + c form to vertex form, y = a(x - h)2+ k, you use the process of completing the square. We do as follows:

f(x) = 2x^2 + 28x – 5
f(x) = 2(x^2 + 14x) – 5
f(x) = 2(x^2 + 14x + 49) – 5 - 98
f(x) = 2(x + 7)^2 – 103

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