Look at the National 4 factorising section before continuing. When a question asks you to 'solve' a quadratic equation, this means that you are to find the roots of the quadratic. In other words ...
Therefore the coordinates of the turning point are (-1, 2). If we recall the general equation: \(y = a{x^2} + bx + c\) then if: a > 0, then the shape of the parabola is like a happy face and the ...