standard_description: Understand that rewriting an expression in different forms in a problem context can shed light on the problem and how the quantities in it are related. For example, a + 0.05a = 1.05a means that “increase by 5%” is the same as “multiply by 1.05.”
problem_activity: What is the minimum value taken by the expression
$${{{(x-}}4)^2+6}$$
? How does the structure of the expression help to see why?
Rewrite the quadratic expression
$${ x^2-6x-3}$$
in the form
$${{(x-}}$$
_____
$${{ )^2+}}$$
______ .
Rewrite the quadratic expression
$${-2x^2+4x+3}$$
in the form  ____
$${{(x-}}$$
_____
$${{ )^2+}}$$
______ .


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