what is If you were in the old chat join this one. If you report this your a q-u-e-e-r

Your answer is 576.

So, what you need to know is when a number to the second power (or squared) is always that number times that number.

For instance...

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So here we have 24 Squared...

Thus, 24*24=576.

Your answer is .

if the eqn of the parabola is f(x) = (x-4)(x+2), we need to mult. this out to find the coordinates of the vertex.

then f(x) = x^2 + 2x - 4x - 8, and f(x) = x^2 - 2x - 8.

one way in which you can find the vertex is to calculate x = -b / (2a).   here, that comes to

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x = = 1.   f(1) = 1^2 - 2(1) - 8 = - 9.   vertex is at (1, -9).

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find another point on the curve:   let x=0, for which y=-8.   then (0, -8) is on the curve.   plot the vertex and this point and draw a smooth parabola thru both.

hope this

after simplifying it i got: -36.25 as my answer. hope that !