If Lylah completes the square for f(x) = x 2 + 24x -18 in order to find the minimum, she must write f(x) in the general form f(x

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If Lylah completes the square for f(x) = x 2 + 24x -18 in order to find the minimum, she must write f(x) in the general form f(x

) = (x − a)^2+ b. What is the value of b for f(x)?
Explain (tell me word for word how you arrived at the answer above, include screenshots if necessary) how you found the solutions in detail.

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olga nikolaevna [1] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-16T02:03:50+03:00

olga nikolaevna [1]3 years ago

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

F(x)= (x − a)2 + b

Rewrite the equation as (X-a)2 + b= f(X) (X-a)2 + b= f(X) subtract (x-a)^2 from both sides of the equation b=f(x)- (x-a)^2