SOLUTION: what natural can replace B to make perfect square trinomial 64X^2+BX+16

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Question 570907: what natural can replace B to make perfect square trinomial
64X^2+BX+16

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The quadratic formula to find roots is:




To make a perfect square,
must be zero






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If




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If



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can be replaced with either or
Here are plots of the 2 alternatives:

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