Quadratics

Completing the Square

• Another
  method of solving quadratic equations is completing the square.

Complete the square for

Complete the square for

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Complete the square for
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Example 1
Express in the form:
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Example 2
Express in the form:

Expanding the brackets and simplifying gives:

Comparing coefficients of and the constant gives:

 We have two possible solutions:
and

  When   When
And
  When
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Example 3
Use completing the square to solve the equation:
Rearrange to show the equation in the standard quadratic form:

𝟓 ( 𝒙 −𝟓 ) +𝟑 ( 𝒙+ 𝟐 )=( 𝒙+𝟐)( 𝐱  −𝟓)

 
𝟏𝟏 𝟐 𝟖𝟓
𝟐 (𝒙− ) =
  𝒙 − 𝟏𝟏 𝒙 + 𝟗= 𝟎 𝟐 𝟒
Completing the square:
𝟏𝟏 𝟖𝟓  

 
(𝒙−
 
(𝒙−
𝟏𝟏 𝟐
𝟐
) −

𝟏𝟏 𝟐
) =
𝟏𝟐𝟏
𝟒
𝟖𝟓 
𝒙−
+𝟗 =𝟎
𝟐
𝟏𝟏
=±

√
𝟒
𝟖𝟓
√
Solve: 𝟐 𝟒𝒙 = ±
𝟐 𝟐
  𝟏
𝒙= ( 𝟏𝟏 ± √ 𝟖𝟓 )
𝟐
Course book Page 9
Exercise 1B
Questions 1 – 11

Practice Book Page 5

Exercise 1B
Questions 1 - 8