Question

rewrite the quadratic equation -x^2-2x+8 in standard form

Answer 1

what does standard from means ??!!

Answer 2

if it's an eqn, I would assume it's equal to zero...so, you can rewrite it as
x^2+2x-8=0
complete the square
(b/2)^2 = (2/2)^2 = 1
so you want the last term to be 1,
so x^2 + 2x + 1 + 7 =0
factor x^2 +2x+1 (leave 7 alone)
(x+1)^2 + 7

Answer 3

BME_21 I tried doing what you did but the (x+1)^2 did not look right.so thank you:)

Answer 4

You were close...it was (x+1)^2+9
that is what my homework told me