What is the vertex of $y= 3x^2 - 4x - 12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-08-10T08:40:46

Vertex is $(2/3,96/9)$

To find vertex convert the equation $y=3x^2-4x-12$ to the form

$y=a(x-h)^2+k$ and then vertex is $(h,k)$ .

We have $y=3x^2-4x-12$

= $3(x^2-2xx2/3x+(2/3)^2-(2/3)^2)-12$

= $3(x^2-2xx2/3x+(2/3)^2)-3*4/9+12$

= $3(x-2/3)^2+96/9$

Hence, vertex is $(2/3,96/9)$

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