What is the standard form of #y=(x-3)^2+3#?

1 Answer
Mar 18, 2016

# y = x^2 -6x + 12#

Explanation:

Multiply out the brackets and collect like terms.

# (x - 3)^2 = (x - 3 )(x - 3 ) = x^2 - 3x - 3x + 9 #

#rArr y = x^2 - 6x + 9 + 3 = x^2 - 6x + 12 #

Writing an answer in standard form means , start with the term that has the highest power of the variable , in this case # x^2#
Followed by terms with decreasing powers until the last term , usually a constant.