SOLUTION: Use completed square form, (�-18)^2 +304, to solve the equation x^2 -36� -20=0 leaving answer in exact (surd) form. don't know where to start on this so any help would be fab. T

Question 1028271: Use completed square form, (�-18)^2 +304, to solve the equation x^2 -36� -20=0 leaving answer in exact (surd) form.
don't know where to start on this so any help would be fab. Thanks
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To solve
x^2 - 36� - 20 = 0
by completing the square goes like this...
We rewrite it this way...
x^2 - 36x + _____ - 20 = 0 + ______
What goes in the blank is found by asking, "What is half of -36 squared?"
Well, half of -36 is -18, and -18 squared is 324.
So now we have
x^2 - 36x + 324 - 20 = 0 + 324
Add twenty to both sides and get
x^2 - 36x + 324 = 344
Now rewrite the left side as a square...
(x - 18)^2 = 344
Now take the square root of both sides...
x - 18 = plus/minus sqrt(344)
and
x = 18 plus or minus sqrt(344) = 18 +/- 2*sqrt(86)
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