SOLUTION: Perfect square trinomials find the term that should be added to the expression to create a perfect square trinomial. x to the power of 2 minus 12x

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Question 144316This question is from textbook algebra 1
: Perfect square trinomials
find the term that should be added to the expression to create a perfect square trinomial.
x to the power of 2 minus 12x
This question is from textbook algebra 1

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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find the term that should be added to the expression to create a perfect square trinomial.
x to the power of 2 minus 12x
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x^2 - 12x + (12/2)^2
= x^2 -12x + 36
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Cheers,
Stan H.