Completing the Square

What do you do to the b value to correctly complete the square?

• 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

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

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.4B

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

• 4
• 2
• 8
• 20

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

What value of c would make this a perfect square trinomial?

x² +8x + c

• 4

• 16

• 64

• -16

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Complete the square for the following expression.

x² + 12x + ____

• x² + 12x + 144

• x² + 12x + 36

• x² + 12x - 36

• x² + +12x - 144

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Complete the Square for the following equation.

x² + 6x = 5

• (x + 3)² = 5

• (x + 6)² = 9

• (x + 3)² = 14

• (x + 6)² = 14

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Complete the Square and solve the equation.

a² - 2a - 35 = 0

• 1 ± √ 6

• -7, 7

• -5, 7

• 5, -7

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B