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OpenStudy (anonymous):

F(x)=x^2+4x+3 How do you find the vertex

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-b/2a, do you know what a and b are?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No I don't

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a=1 b=4 The x^2 term is a, and the x term (4x) is b. Since x=1, a= 1 and b=4. Do you understand it a little?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes a little

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Plug in those numbers into -b/2(a).

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What do you get?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-2

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