Completing Squares 2

What do you do to the b value to correctly complete the square? Given the quadratic standard form  $ax^2+bx+c$  

• square it

• divide it by 2 and square the result

• divide it by 2 and take the square root of the result

• divide it by 2 only

Complete the square.
x² + 6x + ____

• x² + 6x + 9
• x² + 6x - 36
• x² + 6x + 36
• x² + 6x - 9

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Complete the square for
x² + 12x + ____

• x² + 12x + 144
• x² + 12x + 36
• x² + 12x - 36
• x² + +12x - 144

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Complete the square.
x² + 14x + ____

• x² + 14x - 196
• x² + 14x + 49
• x² + 14x - 49
• x² + 14x + 196

Tags

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.4

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.B.3

Complete the Square
x² + 10x + ____

• x² + 10x - 100
• x² + 10x + 100
• x² + 10x - 25
• x² + 10x + 25

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Complete the square for

x² + 12x + ____

(find the missing number in the blank)

• x² + 12x + 144

• x² + 12x + 36

• x² + 12x - 36

• x² + +12x - 144

Tags

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.B.3

When factoring
x² - 4x + 4 = 20,
what goes in the blank?
(x - __ )² = 20

• 4
• 2
• 8
• 20

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Complete the Square
x² + 6x = 5

• (x + 3)² = 5
• (x + 6)² = 9
• (x + 3)² = 14
• (x + 6)² = 14

Tags

CCSS.HSA.REI.A.1

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.4

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.B.3

To solve by completing the square, what needs to be moved in this equation?
x² = 9 - 4x

• the -4x
• the 9
• the x²

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CCSS.HSA.REI.B.4

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.B.3

What is one of the solutions to this equation?
(2x - 1)² = 49

• 7
• -7
• -4
• -3

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CCSS.HSA.REI.B.4