I dont understand this, can i get some help please

Mathematics

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Ray Of Light [21]3 years ago

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When we want to find the roots of a one-variable function, we look for where its graph intersects the x-axis. In this case, the graph intersects the x-axis at $x=1.$

The vertex of a parabola is the highest or lowest point on it, depending on whether the leading coefficient of the quadratic function is negative or positive. In this case, we see that the lowest point is $(1,0).$

For the y-intercept, just look for where the graph intersects the y-axis; in this case, that point is $(0,1).$

Using this information, the vertex-form equation of the parabola is $y=1\cdot(x-1)^2+0,$ so the factors are two copies of $x-1.$ In this case, the value of $a$ in the equation $y=a(x-h)^2+k$ was conveniently 1; if that's not the case, you'll want to plug in $x=0$ to solve for the value of a that gives the correct y-intercept.