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Use the standard form of a quadratic equation as the starting point for finding the equation through the three points.
Create a system of equations by substituting the and values of each point into the standard formula of a quadratic equation to create the three equation system.
Simplify each equation.
Remove parentheses.
Simplify .
Simplify each term.
Raising to any positive power yields .
Multiply by .
Multiply by .
Combine the opposite terms in .
Add and .
Add and .
Remove parentheses.
Simplify each term.
Raise to the power of .
Move to the left of .
Move to the left of .
Remove parentheses.
Simplify each term.
Raise to the power of .
Move to the left of .
Move to the left of .
Rewrite the equation as .
Replace all occurrences of with in each equation.
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Simplify.
Remove parentheses.
Remove parentheses.
Solve for in the second equation.
Rewrite the equation as .
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Add to both sides of the equation.
Add and .
Divide each term by and simplify.
Divide each term in by .
Cancel the common factor of .
Cancel the common factor.
Divide by .
Simplify each term.
Cancel the common factor of and .
Factor out of .
Cancel the common factors.
Factor out of .
Cancel the common factor.
Rewrite the expression.
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Divide by .
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Simplify .
Simplify each term.
Apply the distributive property.
Cancel the common factor of .
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Factor out of .
Cancel the common factor.
Rewrite the expression.
Multiply by .
Multiply by .
Simplify by adding terms.
Add and .
Subtract from .
Solve for in the third equation.
Rewrite the equation as .
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Add to both sides of the equation.
Add and .
Divide each term by and simplify.
Divide each term in by .
Cancel the common factor of .
Cancel the common factor.
Divide by .
Divide by .
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Simplify .
Simplify each term.
Divide by .
Multiply by .
Subtract from .
Substitute the actual values of ,, and into the formula for a quadratic equation to find the resulting equation.
Find the Equation of the Parabola (0,-1) , (2,-5) , (4,-9)