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If we express $3x^2 - 6x - 2$ in the form $a(x - h)^2 + k$, then what is $a + h + k$?

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Let's use some clever algebraic manipulation to change this quadratic from standard from to vertex form.

 

f(x)=3x26x2f(x)=3(x22x)2f(x)=3(x22x+1)23f(x)=3(x1)25a=3 and h=1 and k=5a+h+k=3+15a+h+k=1

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Let's use some clever algebraic manipulation to change this quadratic from standard from to vertex form.

 

f(x)=3x26x2f(x)=3(x22x)2f(x)=3(x22x+1)23f(x)=3(x1)25a=3 and h=1 and k=5a+h+k=3+15a+h+k=1

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