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document.write( "Read this lesson on completing the square by prince_abubu, if you do not know how to complete the square. Let's convert to standard form by dividing both sides by 1: \n" );
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document.write( "What we want to do now is to change this equation to a complete square . How can we find out values of somenumber and othernumber that would make it work? \n" );
document.write( "Look at : . Since the coefficient in our equation that goes in front of x is -18, we know that -18=2*somenumber, or . So, we know that our equation can be rewritten as , and we do not yet know the other number. \n" );
document.write( "We are almost there. Finding the other number is simply a matter of not making too many mistakes. We need to find 'other number' such that is equivalent to our original equation . \n" );
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document.write( " The highlighted red part must be equal to 72 (highlighted green part). \n" );
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document.write( " , or . \n" );
document.write( "So, the equation converts to , or . \n" );
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document.write( " Our equation converted to a square , equated to a number (9). \n" );
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document.write( " Since the right part 9 is greater than zero, there are two solutions: \n" );
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document.write( "Answer: x=12, 6.\n" );
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document.write( "Let's use the quadratic formula to solve for x:
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document.write( " Starting with the general quadratic \n" );
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document.write( " the general solution using the quadratic equation is: \n" );
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document.write( " So lets solve ( notice , , and ) \n" );
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document.write( " Plug in a=1, b=-18, and c=72 \n" );
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document.write( " Negate -18 to get 18 \n" );
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document.write( " Square -18 to get 324 (note: remember when you square -18, you must square the negative as well. This is because .) \n" );
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document.write( " Multiply to get  \n" );
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document.write( " Combine like terms in the radicand (everything under the square root) \n" );
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document.write( " Simplify the square root (note: If you need help with simplifying the square root, check out this solver) \n" );
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document.write( " Multiply 2 and 1 to get 2 \n" );
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document.write( " So now the expression breaks down into two parts \n" );
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document.write( " Lets look at the first part: \n" );
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document.write( " Add the terms in the numerator \n" );
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document.write( " Divide \n" );
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document.write( " So one answer is \n" );
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document.write( " Now lets look at the second part: \n" );
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document.write( " Subtract the terms in the numerator \n" );
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document.write( " Divide \n" );
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document.write( " So another answer is \n" );
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document.write( " So our solutions are: \n" );
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