SOLUTION: please find the value for k tha completes the square for x^2+10x+k

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Question 72082: please find the value for k tha completes the square for x^2+10x+k
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To complete the square you need to have the problem written with a coefficient of 1 for the x squared term. You then halve the x term.
So for this problem

When this is squared the final term is 25 so k=25

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