document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=962772>Question 962772</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I submitted a similar problem earlier, but it had a typo and could not be understood. I'm going to retype the problem with hopefully no typos this time. Could you please help me solve this quadratic equation using completing the square method? x^2+5x+6=0 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2+5x+6=0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2+5x = -6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 1, b = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add (b/2a)^2 to each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 5x + (5/2)^2 = -6 + (5/2)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 5x + 25/4 = -6 + 25/4 = 1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x + 5/2)^2 = (1/2)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 5/2 = 1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 5/2 = -1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -3<BR>\n" );
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