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6. What value is needed to complete the square? Show all steps.
x² - 2x +

User Susi
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Answer: 1

Explanation:

you need to use the formula (a-b)^2 (squared)

when you open the parenthesis, the formula should like this

a^2 -2ab + b^2

the main term that'll help you here is the -2ab

we know that a is x because in the equation you wrote, it begins with x^2

so the following info we have is -2*x*?

so -2x*1 will equal -2x

now looking at the a-b squared formula, we focus on the last term which is b squared. so if b is 1, 1*1 = 1

hope this helped!

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