Find the Vertex x^2+34x+225

$x^{2} + 34 x + 225$

Step 1

Rewrite the equation in vertex form.

Complete the square for $x^{2} + 34 x + 225$ .

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

$a = 1$

$b = 34$

$c = 225$

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 $d = \frac{b}{2 a}$ .

$d = \frac{34}{2 \cdot 1}$

Cancel the common factor of $34$ and $2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $34$ .

$d = \frac{2 \cdot 17}{2 \cdot 1}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $2$ out of $2 \cdot 1$ .

$d = \frac{2 \cdot 17}{2 (1)}$

Cancel the common factor.

$d = \frac{2 \cdot 17}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite the expression.

$d = \frac{17}{1}$

Divide $17$ by $1$ .

$d = 17$

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

$e = 225 - \frac{34^{2}}{4 \cdot 1}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Raise $34$ to the power of $2$ .

$e = 225 - \frac{1156}{4 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $4$ by $1$ .

$e = 225 - \frac{1156}{4}$

Divide $1156$ by $4$ .

$e = 225 - 1 \cdot 289$

Multiply $- 1$ by $289$ .

$e = 225 - 289$

Subtract $289$ from $225$ .

$e = - 64$

Substitute the values of $a$ , $d$ , and $e$ into the vertex form ${(x + 17)}^{2} - 64$ .

${(x + 17)}^{2} - 64$

Set $y$ equal to the new right side.

$y = {(x + 17)}^{2} - 64$

Step 2

Use the vertex form, $y = a {(x - h)}^{2} + k$ , to determine the values of $a$ , $h$ , and $k$ .

$a = 1$

$h = - 17$

$k = - 64$

Step 3

Find the vertex $(h, k)$ .

$(- 17, - 64)$

Step 4

Find the Vertex x^2+34x+225

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