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Rewrite the polynomial in the form az? + bx+c and then identify the values of a,b, and c.

Rewrite the polynomial in the form az? + bx+c and then identify the values of a,b-example-1
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We have the following expression given:


4+x-(1)/(4)x^2

And we want to write this in the form:


ax^2+bx+c

If we do this we got:


-(1)/(4)x^2+x+4

And by direct comparison we got:


a=-(1)/(4),b=1,c=4

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