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Expand the following quadratic to standard form.
y=(x-2)^2+6

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The equation contains a binomial which is multiplied by itself.

(x - 2)(x - 2)

Use FOIL (first outside inside last) to expand.

(x^2 - 4x + 4) + 6

Remove brackets and simplify

y = x^2 - 4x + 10
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