Find the Vertex Form f(x)=2x^2+12x+20

$f (x) = 2 x^{2} + 12 x + 20$

Step 1

Write $f (x) = 2 x^{2} + 12 x + 20$ as an equation.

$y = 2 x^{2} + 12 x + 20$

Step 2

Complete the square for $2 x^{2} + 12 x + 20$ .

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

$a = 2$

$b = 12$

$c = 20$

Consider the vertex form of a parabola.

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

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

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

$d = \frac{12}{2 \cdot 2}$

Simplify the right side.

Cancel the common factor of $12$ and $2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $12$ .

$d = \frac{2 \cdot 6}{2 \cdot 2}$

Cancel the common factors.

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

$d = \frac{2 \cdot 6}{2 (2)}$

Cancel the common factor.

$d = \frac{2 \cdot 6}{2 \cdot 2}$

Rewrite the expression.

$d = \frac{6}{2}$

Cancel the common factor of $6$ and $2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $6$ .

$d = \frac{2 \cdot 3}{2}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $2$ out of $2$ .

$d = \frac{2 \cdot 3}{2 (1)}$

Cancel the common factor.

$d = \frac{2 \cdot 3}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite the expression.

$d = \frac{3}{1}$

Divide $3$ by $1$ .

$d = 3$

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 $e = c - \frac{b^{2}}{4 a}$ .

$e = 20 - \frac{12^{2}}{4 \cdot 2}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Raise $12$ to the power of $2$ .

$e = 20 - \frac{144}{4 \cdot 2}$

Multiply $4$ by $2$ .

$e = 20 - \frac{144}{8}$

Divide $144$ by $8$ .

$e = 20 - 1 \cdot 18$

Multiply $- 1$ by $18$ .

$e = 20 - 18$

Subtract $18$ from $20$ .

$e = 2$

Substitute the values of $a$ , $d$ , and $e$ into the vertex form $2 {(x + 3)}^{2} + 2$ .

$2 {(x + 3)}^{2} + 2$

Step 3

Set $y$ equal to the new right side.

$y = 2 {(x + 3)}^{2} + 2$

Find the Vertex Form f(x)=2x^2+12x+20

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