document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=754841>Question 754841</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am supposed to solve the equation by completing the square, but I am having troubles with this question. I need to have it in fraction form, not decimals. Here is the equation: s^2+5s=-1. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You want to know what square term to add and subtract.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That term is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2F2%29%5E2=25%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285%2F2%29%5E2=25%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Showing which part is the square trinomial,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You should have no trouble solving for s from there.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28s%2B5%2F2%29%5E2=21%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28s%2B5%2F2%29%5E2=21%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=s%2B5%2F2=%2B-+sqrt%2821%29%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"s%2B5%2F2=%2B-+sqrt%2821%29%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >______without the tags, I say 5/2 plus-or-minus (1/2)*(21)^(0.5)<BR>\n" );
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