SOLUTION: I need to slove by completing the square m^2-1/2 m=7/2

Question 138577: I need to slove by completing the square
m^2-1/2 m=7/2

Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I don't know how to slove anything. But I will show you how to solve by completing the square.

Step 1 is to put the constant term on the left, but that is already done.

Step 2: Divide the coefficient on the 1st degree term by 2, square the result, and then add that result to both sides of the equation. , so:

Step 3: Factor the perfect square trinomial on the left:

Step 4: Take the square root of both sides, remembering to consider both the positive and negative root.

or

Step 5: Add the opposite of the constant on the left to both sides:

And finally simplify the radical:

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