24.6k views
1 vote
What number must you add to complete the square?

x2 + 8x = 50

1 Answer

4 votes
take 1/2 of the linear coefinet and squrae it
that would be 8
8/2=4, 4^2=16
add 16 to both sides to complete the square (it would end up like (x+4)^2=66)
User Yoann Kergall
by
8.3k points

No related questions found

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories