Question

I was confused on how to write the quadratic in standard form

Answer 1

$\\~~~~~3x^2 +4x +7 = -1\\\\\implies 3x^2 +4x +7 +1 = 0\\\\\implies 3x^2 +4x +8 = 0\\\\\text{It is now in the standard form of quadratic equation}~( ax^2 +bx +c = 0)$