Matt was trying to convert the following parabola in standard form to vertex form by...

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Matt was trying to convert the following parabola in standard form to vertex form by completing the square but has made an error y 2x 10x 4 y 2x 10x y 2x 10x 25 25 525 y 2 x5 29 4 Which describes where Matt made his first error Matt should have added 10 and subtracted 10 instead of using the constant 25 Matt should have factored out the leading coefficient 2 on the second step before completing the square Matt should have doubled the 5 in the last step Matt should have first subtracted 25 and then added 25 to properly completely the square

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