Find the Standard Form of the Parabola f(x)=4x^2-8x-5

$f (x) = 4 x^{2} - 8 x - 5$

Step 1

Write $f (x) = 4 x^{2} - 8 x - 5$ as an equation.

$y = 4 x^{2} - 8 x - 5$

Step 2

Since $x$ is on the right side of the equation, switch the sides so it is on the left side of the equation.

$4 x^{2} - 8 x - 5 = y$

Step 3

Add $5$ to both sides of the equation.

$4 x^{2} - 8 x = y + 5$

Step 4

Complete the square.

Use the form $a x^{2} + b x + c$ , to find the values of $a$ , $b$ , and $c$ .

$a = 4$

$b = - 8$

$c = 0 = y + 5$

Consider the vertex form of a parabola.

$a {(x + d)}^{2} + e = y + 5$

Find the value of $d$ using the formula $d = \frac{b}{2 a}$ .

Substitute the values of $a$ and $b$ into the formula $d = \frac{b}{2 a}$ .

$d = \frac{- 8}{2 \cdot 4}$

Simplify the right side.

Cancel the common factor of $- 8$ and $2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $- 8$ .

$d = \frac{2 \cdot - 4}{2 \cdot 4}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $2$ out of $2 \cdot 4$ .

$d = \frac{2 \cdot - 4}{2 (4)}$

Cancel the common factor.

$d = \frac{2 \cdot - 4}{2 \cdot 4}$

Rewrite the expression.

$d = \frac{- 4}{4}$

Cancel the common factor of $- 4$ and $4$ .

Factor $4$ out of $- 4$ .

$d = \frac{4 \cdot - 1}{4}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $4$ out of $4$ .

$d = \frac{4 \cdot - 1}{4 (1)}$

Cancel the common factor.

$d = \frac{4 \cdot - 1}{4 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite the expression.

$d = \frac{- 1}{1}$

Divide $- 1$ by $1$ .

$d = - 1$

Find the value of $e$ using the formula $e = c - \frac{b^{2}}{4 a}$ .

Substitute the values of $c$ , $b$ and $a$ into the formula $e = c - \frac{b^{2}}{4 a}$ .

$e = 0 - \frac{{(- 8)}^{2}}{4 \cdot 4}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Raise $- 8$ to the power of $2$ .

$e = 0 - \frac{64}{4 \cdot 4}$

Multiply $4$ by $4$ .

$e = 0 - \frac{64}{16}$

Divide $64$ by $16$ .

$e = 0 - 1 \cdot 4$

Multiply $- 1$ by $4$ .

$e = 0 - 4$

Subtract $4$ from $0$ .

$e = - 4$

Substitute the values of $a$ , $d$ , and $e$ into the vertex form $4 {(x - 1)}^{2} - 4$ .

$4 {(x - 1)}^{2} - 4 = y + 5$

Step 5

Move all terms not containing $x$ to the right side of the equation.

Add $4$ to both sides of the equation.

$4 {(x - 1)}^{2} = y + 5 + 4$

Add $5$ and $4$ .

$4 {(x - 1)}^{2} = y + 9$

Step 6

Divide each term in $4 {(x - 1)}^{2} = y + 9$ by $4$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $4 {(x - 1)}^{2} = y + 9$ by $4$ .

$\frac{4 {(x - 1)}^{2}}{4} = \frac{y}{4} + \frac{9}{4}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{4 {(x - 1)}^{2}}{4} = \frac{y}{4} + \frac{9}{4}$

Divide ${(x - 1)}^{2}$ by $1$ .

${(x - 1)}^{2} = \frac{y}{4} + \frac{9}{4}$

Step 7

Factor.

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

${(x - 1)}^{2} = \frac{y + 9}{4}$

Reorder terms.

${(x - 1)}^{2} = \frac{1}{4} (y + 9)$

Find the Standard Form of the Parabola f(x)=4x^2-8x-5

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