Completing the Square Leading Coefficient

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

Complete the square for
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.
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 + 10x + ____

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

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Solve by completing the square.
x² +12x = 5

• X = 6 + √41 or  6 − √41
• X= 35 or 47
• X = −6 + √41 or  −6 − √41
• X = √35 or √47

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Solve by completing the square.
y² + 10y = -9

• 1 and -12
• -1 and -9
• 1 and -9
• 1 and -1

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

What is the first step to solving THIS equation by completing the square?
a² + 10a + 21 = 0

• Set the equation equal to zero
• Divide 10 by 2 and add the result to both sides
• Add a² and 10a together
• Subtract the 21

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Solve by completing the square.

x² + 4x = 40

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B