Completing the Square Leading Coefficient

Solve by completing the square. Round to the nearest 10th. Hint: move the 5 FIRST, and you MUST have a leading coefficient of 1!

• -0.4 and -3.4

• -2.3 and 4.3

• -3.6 and 1.6

• no solution

Complete the square.

Solve the equation by completing the square and finding the roots.

• 3 and -1

• 4 and -4

• 5 and -3

• 8 and -7

Solve for the POSITIVE SOLUTION ONLY of x by completing the square. ROUND to the nearest hundredth (2 decimal places).

Mathematical Equivalence

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Solve for the POSITIVE SOLUTION ONLY of x by completing the square. ROUND to the nearest hundredth (2 decimal places).

Mathematical Equivalence

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Lori is completing the square to solve the quadratic equation. Which equation is the result of correctly completing the square?​

Lori is completing the square to solve the quadratic equation. Which equation is the result of correctly completing the square?​

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

• square it and then add the result to both sides

• divide by it 2, square the result, then add the result to both sides

• divide it by 2, take the square root of it and then add the result to both sides

• only divide it by 2 and add the result to both sides

• 1 and -12

• -1 and -9

• 1 and -9

• 1 and -1