What is the vertex form of $y = x^2 -14x + 16$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-14T18:15:45

$y=(x-7)^2-33$

First find the vertex using the formula
$x=(-b)/"2a"$

a=1
b=-14
c=16

$x=(-(-14))/"2(1)"$ This simplifies to $x=14/"2"$ which is 7.
so $x=7$

So on now that we have x we can find y.

$y=x^2-14x+16$
$y=(7)^2-14(7)+16$
$y=-33$

$Vertex = (7,-33)$ where h=7 and k=-33

We now finally enter this into vertex form which is,
$y=a(x-h)^2+k$

x and y in the "vertex form" are not associated with the values we found earlier.

$y=1(x-7)^2+(-33)$
$y=(x-7)^2-33$

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