Question

What is the missing constant term in the perfect square that starts with x^2-12xx 2 −12xx

Answer 1

36

Explanation:

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Answer 2

We have been given an expression
`x^2-12x`. We are asked to determine the missing term in the expression that will make the expression a perfect square.

To complete a square, we need to add the square of half of the coefficient of x.

We can see that coefficient of x is
`-12`. To complete the square we need to find half of the square of
`-12`.

`((-12)/(2))^2=(-6)^2=36`

Upon adding 36 to our expression, we will get:

`x^2-12x+36`

We can see that our expression is now perfect square as we can rewrite is as:

`(x-6)^2`

Therefore, the missing constant term in the given perfect square would be 36.