{"id":8652,"date":"2016-12-17T03:58:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T03:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbselibrary.com\/?p=8652"},"modified":"2016-12-17T03:58:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T03:58:08","slug":"completing-the-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbselibrary.com\/completing-the-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Completing the Square"},"content":{"rendered":"
An equation in which one side is a perfect square trinomial can be easily solved by taking the square root of each side.
\nConsider the example at the right:<\/p>\n
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It is this method of solution that is the basis of a process called “completing the square”.<\/p>\n
Consider the equation<\/strong>: .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our solution strategy will be to “force” a perfect square trinomial of the form<\/p>\n <\/p>\n on the left hand side of the equation. Steps for Completing the Square<\/strong>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Examples: Solve each example by completing the square.<\/p>\n Completing the Square An equation in which one side is a perfect square trinomial can be easily solved by taking the square root of each side. Consider the example at the right: It is this method of solution that is the basis of a process called “completing the square”. Consider the equation: . Our solution … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThis method of “forcing” the existence of a perfect square trinomial is completing the square.<\/p>\n
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