If Lylah completes the square for f(x) = x 2 + 24x -18 in order to find the minimum, she must write f(x) in the general form f(x) = (x − a)2 + b. What is the value of b for f(x)?

This law is sometimes called the grouping property. as you can see, regardless of how the numbers are grouped, the answer is still 13. the associative law of multiplication is similar to the same law for addition. it says that no matter how you group numbers you are multiplying together, you will get the same answer.

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