{ "schema_version": 1, "prompt": { "type": "doc", "blocks": [ { "type": "paragraph", "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Consider the parabola given by " }, { "type": "math", "latex": "y = x^2 - 6x + 5" }, { "type": "text", "text": ". What are the coordinates of its vertex?" } ] } ] }, "answer": { "type": "multiple_choice", "shuffle": true, "min_selections": 1, "max_selections": 1, "choices": [ { "id": "a", "correct": true, "content": { "type": "doc", "blocks": [ { "type": "paragraph", "content": [{ "type": "math", "latex": "(3, -4)" }] } ] } }, { "id": "b", "correct": false, "content": { "type": "doc", "blocks": [ { "type": "paragraph", "content": [{ "type": "math", "latex": "(-3, -4)" }] } ] } }, { "id": "c", "correct": false, "content": { "type": "doc", "blocks": [ { "type": "paragraph", "content": [{ "type": "math", "latex": "(6, 5)" }] } ] } }, { "id": "d", "correct": false, "content": { "type": "doc", "blocks": [ { "type": "paragraph", "content": [{ "type": "math", "latex": "(3, 4)" }] } ] } } ] }, "hints": [ { "type": "doc", "blocks": [ { "type": "paragraph", "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "The x-coordinate of the vertex of " }, { "type": "math", "latex": "y = ax^2 + bx + c" }, { "type": "text", "text": " is " }, { "type": "math", "latex": "x = -\\frac{b}{2a}" }, { "type": "text", "text": "." } ] } ] }, { "type": "doc", "blocks": [ { "type": "paragraph", "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Once you know the x-coordinate, substitute it back into the equation to find the y-coordinate." } ] } ] } ], "solution": { "type": "doc", "blocks": [ { "type": "paragraph", "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Here " }, { "type": "math", "latex": "a = 1" }, { "type": "text", "text": " and " }, { "type": "math", "latex": "b = -6" }, { "type": "text", "text": ", so the vertex lies at" } ] }, { "type": "math_block", "latex": "x = -\\frac{b}{2a} = -\\frac{-6}{2 \\cdot 1} = 3." }, { "type": "paragraph", "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Substituting back:" } ] }, { "type": "math_block", "latex": "y = 3^2 - 6 \\cdot 3 + 5 = 9 - 18 + 5 = -4." }, { "type": "paragraph", "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "The vertex is " }, { "type": "math", "latex": "(3, -4)" }, { "type": "text", "text": ". Equivalently, completing the square gives " }, { "type": "math", "latex": "y = (x - 3)^2 - 4" }, { "type": "text", "text": ", which reads off the same vertex directly." } ] } ] } }