Quadratic Equation 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

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

When do you use the plus or minus symbol?
±

• After taking the square root of both sides

• After adding the square to both sides

• After taking half of b

• After setting the equation equal to zero

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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.HSA-REI.B.4B

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Find the value of c that makes x² + 16x + c a perfect square.

• -64

• 64

• 8

• 16

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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

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

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