document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=869742>Question 869742</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Okay well I have broken down the equation of <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=-5x^2+30x-36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Down to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=-5(x^2-6x)-36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'm trying to break it down to standard form. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then it's telling me to recall that be constant term in a perfect square is the square of half of the coefficient of the linear term therefore 9 is added inside the parentheses to form a perfect square<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Leaving x^2-6x+9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "My question is where exactly did the 9 come from? </SPAN>\n" );
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