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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the vertex of the quadratic function: -x^2-4x+5=0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I got (-2,9). I want to know if I'm correct.

OpenStudy (amistre64):

we can complete the square to see

OpenStudy (amistre64):

(-x^2-4x) + 5 -(x^2+4x+4)+5-4 -(x+2)^2 +1 looks to be -2,1 if i did it right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You don't need to complete the square, although that is one way of doing it. Just use x=-b/2a to find the x-coordinate of the vertex. Then plug that back into the equation to get the y-coordinate.

OpenStudy (amistre64):

opps, need to add the 4 .....-2,9, lets chk the wolf

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i got -2,7

OpenStudy (amistre64):

-2,9 is good

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a=the coefficient of x^2 and b=the coefficient of x. So, yes, your answer is (-2,9).

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wow, thank you so much :)

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