Quadratic - Completing the Squares

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

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

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
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

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

• 7
• -7
• -4
• -3

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CCSS.8.EE.A.2

Solve the following quadratics equation by completing the square...

x² + 4x + 1 = 0

• x = -2 ± √3

• x = -3 ± √2

• x = 2 ± √3

• x = 2 ± √2

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Solve the following quadratics equation by completing the square...

x² + 4x - 1 = 0

• x = -2 ± √5

• x = -5 ± √2

• x = 2 ± √5

• x = -5 ± √5

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Write the following quadratic expression in completed square form...

x² + 8x + 2

• (x + 4)² - 14

• (x + 4)² - 6

• (x + 4)² - 18

• (x + 4)² + 6

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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