document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=122841>Question 122841</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321356918/algebrahomeworkh>college algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the perfect square trinomial whose first two terms are given.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x square + 8x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The rules is divide the coefficient of x by 2, then square that value<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That give you the 3rd term in a perfect square:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 + 8x + ____<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this problem the coefficient of x is 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by 2, results in 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Square 4; results is 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 8x + 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you factor<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+4)(x+4); FOIL this and you get the equation above, right?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+4)^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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