Answer : x = 20

Explanation :
3x + 2x +20 + 4x - 20 = 180

(3+2+4=9)

9x + 20 - 20
The 20s cancel each other out because one is positive and the other is negative

9x = 180

9x/9 = 180/9

X = 180 divided by 9

X = 20

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2 years ago

To complete the square, how do you find the value that must be added to the expression to make a perfect square trinomial? What

Molodets [167]

Take half of the coefficient of x (which is 2/5) and square it:

[ (1/2)(2/5) ]^2 = (1/5)^2 = 1/25, or 0.04

Thus, to rewrite x^2 + (2/5)x to include a perfect square trinomial,

x^2 + (2/5)x = x^2 + (2/5)x + (1/5)^2 - (1/5)^2, or

(x+1/5)^2 - (1/5)^2, or (x + 1/5)^2 - 1/25

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