Solving by Completing the Square

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

What do you need to add to complete the square?x² + 6x = 20

• 9

• 100

• 36

• 12

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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

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 the following equation by completing the square:
n² - 2n - 3 = 0

• {3 and-1}

• {4 and -4}

• {5 and -3}

• {8 and -7}

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

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
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 for the equation
x² + 26x = 0

• x² + 26x + 169 = 169

• x² + 26x + 13 = 13

• x² + 26x + 26 = 26

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Solve by completing the square. 
 x² − 10x - 11= 0

• x = −1 and 11

• x = 1 and −11

• x = −10 and 11

• x = −5 and 25

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B