document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=99094>Question 99094</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i don't understand this at all solve each of the folowing quadratic equations by completing the square. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x^2 + 10x + 11 = 0 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2x^2+10x = -11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x^2+5x+(5/2)^2) = -11 + 2*(5/2)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x+(5/2))^2 = -44/4 + 50/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x+(5/2))^2 = 6/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+(5/2))^2 = 6/8= 3/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Take the square root to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+(5/2) = sqrt(3/4) or x+(5/2) = -sqrt(3/4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = [-(5/2)+(1/2)sqrt(3)] or x = [-(5/2)-(1/2)sqrt3]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = [-5+sqrt(3)]/2 or x=[-5-sqrt(3)]/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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