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You can factor a parabola by finding its roots: if
has roots 
, then you have the following factorization:
In order to find the roots, you can use the usual formula
In the first example, this formula leads to
So, you can factor
The same goes for the second parabola.
As for the third exercise, simply plug the values asking
you get
Add 3 to both sides:
Divide both sides by 1.5:
f(5) = 3 means (5,3) is on the graph of f.
On the new graph, y = f(x+1) + 2, what do the +1 and +2 do?
Things inside the function notation inpact the x-values, since that's where x sits.
This outside the f(x) notation impact the y-values, since those are done after you've evaluated the function.
"+1" on the inside shifts every point to the left 1 unit. (Inside changes are almost always opposite from what it looks like it would do.)
"+2" on the outside will shift every point up by 2 units.
So what do you get if you take (5,3) and shift it left 1 and up 2?
