standard_description: Rewrite simple rational expressions in different forms; write a(x)/b(x) in the form q(x) + r(x)/b(x), where a(x), b(x), q(x), and r(x) are polynomials with the degree of r(x) less than the degree of b(x), using inspection, long division, or, for the more complicated examples, a computer algebra system.
problem_activity: Problem 1
Below is the parent function of a quadratic function:
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Given the equation in vertex form and the corresponding graph, identify the transformations to each function.
| **           Equation          ** |                             **           Graph          **                              | **           Transformation(s)          ** |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|       $${g(x)=(x+1)^2+3}$$        | .. image:: https://d37su8u1z9ynie.cloudfront.net/uploads/2017/08/18/alg2_u2_l4_ap1b.png |                                            |
|       $${r(x)=-2(x-1)^2}$$        | .. image:: https://d37su8u1z9ynie.cloudfront.net/uploads/2017/08/18/alg2_u2_l4_ap1c.png |                                            |
|        $${t(x)=(2x-1)^2}$$        | .. image:: https://d37su8u1z9ynie.cloudfront.net/uploads/2017/08/18/alg2_u2_l4_ap1d.png |                                            |
Problem 2
A quadratic equation is
decreasing over the interval
$${-\infty < x < 3}$$
increasing over the interval
$${3 < x < \infty}$$
and has a rate of change of zero at
$${x=3}$$
.
Describe how each of the three graphs below fit this description.
| .. image:: https://d37su8u1z9ynie.cloudfront.net/uploads/2017/08/18/alg2_u2_l4_ap2a.png | .. image:: https://d37su8u1z9ynie.cloudfront.net/uploads/2017/08/18/alg2_u2_l4_ap2b.png | .. image:: https://d37su8u1z9ynie.cloudfront.net/uploads/2017/08/18/alg2_u2_l4_ap2c.png |
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