SOLUTION: what constant should be added to the expression to make it a perfeect square trinomial? w^2-12w

Question 212965: what constant should be added to the expression to make it a perfeect square trinomial?
w^2-12w
Answer by drj(1380) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What constant should be added to the expression to make it a perfect square trinomial?

Step 1. Take -12 and divide by 2 which is -6.

Step 2. Now square it and that yields

Step 3. Answer is 36.

Step 4. Let's check

I hope the above steps were helpful.

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