document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1173107>Question 1173107</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this quadratic equation and round the answer to the nearest hundredth\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I also need to know the correct \"form.\" I'm new to quadratic equations and am struggling\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "form options<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+[])^2=[]  or  (x-[])^2=[]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2+6x+7=0 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "can complete the square<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+6x=-7 first step. Completing the square is taking half of the coefficient of the first power term (3), and squaring it, (9), adding it to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+6x+9=-7+9=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now the left side is a perfect square<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+3)^2=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Take the square root of both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3=sqrt (2) and x+3=- sqrt(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-3 +sqrt(2) and x= -3- sqrt (2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt(2)=1.414<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so x=-1.59 and x=-4.41\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "can check using the quadratic formula, which gives the same result<BR>\n" );
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