SOLUTION: Find the constant term that should be added to make the following expressions a perfect- square trinomial x^2 + 3x and x^2 + 8x Thank You

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Question 47940: Find the constant term that should be added to make the following expressions a perfect- square trinomial

x^2 + 3x
and
x^2 + 8x
Thank You
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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x~2+3x+2.25 or (x+1.5)(x+1.5)or (x+1.5)~2
x~2+8x+16 or (x+4)(x+4) or (x+4)~2