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Reteach
Completing the Square
You can use the square root property to solve some quadratic equations.

Square Root Property

Remember:
To solve x2  a, x2  a
take the square root 22  4, and 22  4.
of both sides of the
equation.
The coefficient of x2 should
Solve 4x  5  43.
2
be 1 to use the square root
4x2  48 Add 5 to both sides. property.
x  12
2
Divide both sides by 4.
Take the square root of both sides.
Simplify.
Think:

Solve x2  12x  36  50.

x  62  50 Factor the perfect square trinomial.

Take the square root of both sides.

x6 Subtract 6 from both sides.

x  6 Simplify.

x  6 Think:

Solve each equation.

1. 3x2  7  31
3x2  _____
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3. 6x2  4  38
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2. x2  8x  16  18
 18
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4. x2  2x  1  10
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Completing the Square (continued)
You can use a process called completing the square to rewrite
a quadratic of the form x2  bx as a perfect square trinomial.

To complete the Think: Multiply the

square of x2  bx, coefficient of x by

add Then square it.

Complete the square: x2  8x  ?.

Step 1 Identify b, the coefficient of x: b  8.

Step 2 Find

Step 3 Add

Step 4 Factor: x2  8x  16  x  42

Use as a factor.
Check: x  42  x  4x  4
 x2  8x  16 

Complete each square and factor.

5. x2  9x  ? 6. x2  4x  ?

b  9, so b  _____, so  _____

 _____  _____

x2  9x  _____ x2  4x  _____

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7. x2  10x  ? 8. x2  3x  ?
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11.f(x) = x2 - 6x + 10 12. y-intercept = 17 13. a. S(t) = (t - 3)2 + 4

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b. 13; t = 6 Problem Solving

c. (3, 4); the minimum price 1. a. 15 = -5t 2 + 30t
b. t 2 - 6t = -3
Reteach
c. t = 0.6, 5.4
1. 24; x2 = 8;
d. Possible answer: He is partially
2. = 18; ; correct. The flare will first reach 15
meters at 0.6 second after firing and
then again at 5.4 seconds. (The
function has two solutions.)
3. 6x2 = 42; x2 = 7;
e. Possible answer: He is correct. The
2
4. (x - 1) = 10; ; flare will first reach 15 meters at 0.6
second after firing. Also, the
difference between 5.4 and 0.6
5. ; ; seconds (the two solutions) is 4.8
seconds, which is about 5 seconds.
6. -4; -2; 4; 4; (x - 2)2
2. a. h(t) = -5(t 2 - 6t  9) + 45
2
7. x - 10x + 25
b. h(t) = -5(t - 3)2 + 45
2
(x - 5)
c. The constant term; 45 meters
3. A 4. B
8.
Reading Strategy
1. (x - 1)2 2. a. 4
2
(4x - 5) b. (x - 2)2
Challenge x2 + 6x + 9
1. a. l 2 = wl + w 2, l 2 - wl - w 2 = 0 x2
b. 3. (x + 1)2; the side of the model square is
x + 1.

, THE QUADRATIC FORMULA

Practice A

1.
2. Possible answer: The ratio of length to
width is about 1.588, a little less than the
x = 2i
golden ratio.

3. a. 2.

b. The golden ratio, 1.618

4. 2, 1.5, 1.667, 1.6, 1.625, 1.615, 1.619,
1.618; they seem to approach the x = 1, 1.5
golden ratio.
3. x = -1  i 4. x = 0, -2
5. -15 6. 1
7. 0 8.One real solution

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