Convert 4x^2+16x-1 to vertex form

There were 816 people at a concert when a band started to play. after each song, only half the people stayed to hear the next song. how many people were left at the concert after x songs? write a function to represent this scenario.

36x2 + 49y2 = 1,764 the foci are located at: (-√13, 0) and (√13,0) (0, -√13) and (0,√13) (-1, 0) and (1, 0)edit: the answer is (- the square root of 13, 0) and (the square root of 13, 0)

Which polygon is she in the process of constructing ?