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3 years ago

Tran is solving the quadratic equation 2x2 – 4x – 3 = 0 by completing the square. His first four steps are shown in the table.

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anygoal [31]3 years ago

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Answer:

Not positive, but I'm pretty sure it's Step 3.

Step-by-step explanation:

Nady [450]3 years ago

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The following steps of solving for the roots of 2x² - 4x -3 = 0 were retrieved from another source Step 1 2x² - 4x = 3 Step 2 2(x² - 2x) = 3 Step 3 2(x² - 2x + 1) = 3 + 1 Step 4 2(x - 1)² = 4 From this, we can see that on Step 3, Tran made a mistake of adding 1 to 3. As we can see, 2(x² - 2x + 1) = 2x² - 4x + 2. That means, instead of adding 1, it should have been 2. Therefore, the step that Tran first made an error is Step 3.

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