SOLUTION: Find the values of the unknown by completing the square : (-1/4)x^2 - (6/4)x - 1 = 0

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Question 1010266: Find the values of the unknown by completing the square : (-1/4)x^2 - (6/4)x - 1 = 0
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Completing the square for this is now simpler.
The term to use is .



----------and just solve for x from this form.

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