document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=316587>Question 316587</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Complete the square to make the binomial a perfect square trinomial. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 - 12x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 - 12x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 - 12x = 0 (set it to zero)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 - 12x + (-6)^2 = (-6)^2 (added the square of half of -12 to both sides)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 - 12x + 36 = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if you want to solve for x:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x - 6)^2 = 6^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 6 = +- 6 (this means that -6 * -6 = 36 or 6 * 6 = 36)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 6 = 6 OR x - 6 = -6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 12    OR x = 0<BR>\n" );
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