Solving Quadratics by Completing the Square

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

x² - 12x + 31 = 0

• x = -6 ± √5

• x = 6 ± √5

• x = 5 ± √6

• x = -5 ± √6

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Solve the following quadratics equation by completing the square... x² + 2x - 5 = 0

• x = -1 ± √6

• x = 1 ± √6

• x = 6 ± √1

• x = -6 ± √1

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Solve the following quadratics equation by completing the square... x² + 2x - 10 = 0

• x = -1 ± √11

• x = 1 ± √11

• x = 11 ± √1

• x = -11 ± √1

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Solve the following quadratics equation by completing the square... x² + 10x + 18 = 0

• x = -5 ± √7

• x = 5 ± √7

• x = 7 ± √5

• x = -7 ± √5

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

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

x² - 10x - 5 = 0

• x = -5 ± √30

• x = 5 ± √30

• x = 30 ± √5

• x = -30 ± √5

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CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Solve the equation by completing the square and then finding the roots. 
x²+ 6x - 4 = 36

• x = -7, 7

• x = 4, -10

• x = -4 +- √7

• x = 10, -4

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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

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

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

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