SOLUTION: To complete the square of x^2+bx , a number is added to the expression.Explain why the number added cannot be negative
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Question 1092844: To complete the square of x^2+bx , a number is added to the expression.Explain why the number added cannot be negative
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Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It can not be negative, because it is a square of a real number.
More concretely, the added number is this square: = .
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On completing the square see the lessons
- Introduction into Quadratic Equations
- PROOF of quadratic formula by completing the square
- HOW TO complete the square - Learning by examples
in this site.
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- ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.
The referred lessons are the part of this textbook under the topic "Quadratic equations".
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