Question

You must show your work on each of the following questions.

1. Rewrite y = x^2 + 14x + 29 in general form.
2. Rewrite y = 3x^2 - 24x + 10 in general form.

Answer 1

@amistre64

Answer 2

do you know what general form is?

Answer 3

no

Answer 4

look that up and see what you come up with.

Answer 5

I agree with Hope, this is an application of a definition which can only be answered by knowing the definition.

Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratic_equation

Answer 7

is for your use.

Answer 8

but i dont understand it. does it mean all i have to do is plug in 0 for y and leave it?

Answer 9

im pretty sure that: y = ax^2 + bx + c , is the general form

Answer 10

it may be standard form^ im not positive.

Answer 11

standard form is also called vertex form:

y = a(x-h)^2+k

Answer 12

what is h? So y = x^2 + 14x + 29 is in general form?

Answer 13

yes it is in general form.

Answer 14

h and k refer to the components of the vertex

Answer 15

okay well what about y = 3x^2 - 24x + 10 ?

Answer 16

ohh okay @amistre64

Answer 17

@Hope_nicole is y = 3x^2 - 24x + 10 in general form as well?

Answer 18

i dont think so, the 3 in front makes me think it isnt but im not positive. @amistre64

Answer 19

its fine ...

general form is: y = ax^2 + bx + c, such that a is not 0

Answer 20

but for the first one a IS 0 ?

Answer 21

x^2 = 1x^2 , not 0x^2

Answer 22

ohh okay thank you guys so much!! @amistre64 @Hope_nicole

Answer 23

you might want to reference your material that your course presents you to be sure that they are using the same definition of a general form as the rest of the sane universe :)