SOLUTION: solve by completing the square -6x^2+48x-48=0

Question 175016: solve by completing the square -6x^2+48x-48=0
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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first factor out -6 out of the x square and x terms
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now take 1/2 of the x term and square it 8/2=4...=16. we also have to add 16(-6) outside the parenthesis to keep an equivalent equation
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now factor completed square
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subtract 48 from both sides
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divide by -6 on both sides
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and
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and
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