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Inessa [10]
3 years ago
11

What is the intermediate step in the form (x+a)2 = b as a result of completing the square for the following

Mathematics
1 answer:
skelet666 [1.2K]3 years ago
7 0

For this case we have the following expression:

x ^ 2-4x + 10 = 4x + 10

We follow the steps below:

We subtract 4x on both sides of the equation:

x ^ 2-4x + 10-4x = 4x + 10-4x\\x ^ 2-8x + 10 = 10

We subtract 10 from both sides of the equation:

x ^ 2-8x + 10-10 = 10-10\\x ^ 2-8x = 0

Now, we must complete squares.

When we have an equation of the form:

ax ^ 2 + bx + c = 0, if we want to complete squares we must subtract c on both sides of the equation obtaining:

ax ^ 2 + bx + c-c = -c\\ax ^ 2 + bx = -c

The square is completed by adding to both sides of the equation: (\frac{b}{2})^{2}

So, we have left:

ax^2+bx + (\frac {b} {2})^{2} = - c + (\frac {b} {2}) ^ {2}

In the given expression we have:

a = 1\\b = -8\\c = 0

And to complete the square we have:

(\frac {b} {2}) ^ {2} = (\frac {-8} {2}) ^ {2} = 16

Rewriting we have:

x ^ 2-8x + 16 = 16

We factor the left side of the equation, that is, we look for two numbers that when added together result in -8 and when multiplied as a result 16. We have:

-4-4 = -8\\-4 * -4 = 16

So, we have:

(x-4) (x-4) = 16\\(x-4) ^ 2 = 16

Answer:

The intermediate step is to complete squares

(x-4) ^ 2 = 16


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