Vertex Form of the Equation

Key Questions

• How do I convert the standard equation of a parabola to vertex form?

  To convert a standard form quadratic into vertex form, the easiest method to use would be completing the square.

  I have already answered a question, in depth, like this so please visit the following link! Hopefully it helps you out! :)

  http://socratic.org/questions/how-do-i-convert-the-equation-f-x-x-2-8x-15-to-vertex-form

  Larry Leitch-Casey · 1 · Sep 1 2014
• What do #h# and #k# represent in the vertex form of a parabola's equation?

  #(h, k)# represent the parabola's vertex

  seph · 1 · Oct 16 2014
• What is the vertex form of a parabola?

  The vertex form of a quadratic function is

  #y=(x-h)^2+k#,

  where #(h,k)# is its vertex.

  Wataru · · Sep 27 2014

• How do I convert the equation #f(x)=x^2+1# to vertex form?
• How do I convert the equation #f(x)=x^2+2/5x−1# to vertex form?
• How do I convert the equation #f(x)=x^2-4x+3# to vertex form?
• How do I convert the equation #f(x)=x^2-8x+15# to vertex form?
• How do I convert the equation #f(x)=x^2+6x+5# to vertex form?
• How do I convert the equation #f(x)=x^2-2x-3# to vertex form?
• What do #h# and #k# represent in the vertex form of a parabola's equation?
• How do I find the vertex of #y=(x−3)^2+4#?
• How do I find the vertex of #y=(x+2)^2-3#?
• How do I find the vertex of #y=(x+7)^2#?
• How do I convert the standard equation of a parabola to vertex form?
• What is the vertex form of a parabola?
• How do you find the vertex of the parabola #y=2x^2-8x+7#?
• How do you write the vertex form of a parabola with (3,2.5) and (4,5.5)?
• What is the vertex form of the equation of the parabola with a focus at (55,45) and a directrix of #y=47 #?
• What is the vertex of # y= -x^2-x-(3x+2)^2#?
• How do you find the standard form of #y^2 - 8x + 4y + 12 = 0#?
• How do you find the standard form of #x^2-y^2=9# and what kind of a conic is it?
• How do you find the standard form of #2x=2y^2-28# and what kind of a conic is it?
• How do you find the equation of the parabola with directrix y=3 and focus (-3,-2)?
• The parabola #f(x) = x^2 + 2(m+1)x + m + 3# is tangent to #x# axis in the negative side. What is the value of #m# ?
• How do you write the equation of the parabola in vertex form #F(x)=x^2-2x+5#?
• The axis of symmetry for the function #f(x) = -x^2-10x+16# is #x=-5#. What are the coordinates of the vertex of the graph?
• What is the equation of a parable with vertex (2,2) and the directrix is y=2.5?
• How do you find the equation of a parabola with directrix y=0 and focus F(2,2)?
• How do you find the equation of a parabola with directrix y=-1 and focus F(0,0)?
• How do you find the focus of the parabola with directrix y=1 and vertex (1,2)?
• How do you find an equation of the parabola with vertex (3,2) and focus (1,2)?
• How do you find an equation of the parabola with vertex (-2,1) and directrix x=1?
• How do you find an equation of the parabola with focus (2,2) and directrix x=-2?
• How do you find an equation of the parabola with focus (0,0) and directrix y=4?
• How do you write an equation of a parabola with its vertex at the origin and focus at (0,3)?
• How do you write an equation of a parabola with its vertex at the origin and focus at (0,-5)?
• Question #5f4a4
• Question #648a4
• How do you find an equation of a parabola given vertex (7,0) and focus (0,0)?
• How do you find an equation of a parabola given focus (10,1) and directrix x=5?
• How do you find an equation of a parabola given endpoints of latus rectum are (-2,-7) and (4,-7)?
• Question #c5316
• Question #32b3c
• How do you write the equation for a graph that is a parabola with a vertex at #(5, 3)#?
• If #f(x)# is an even function passing through #(2,5)# then what other point must it pass through?
• Question #f07be
• Question #c1efc