Completing the squares tells us exactly what square root we will need to calculate our answer.
Using the formula below you can find these answers:

Does this make sense?
Answer:
546
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer: Yes. On average, it takes about 455 days for 1 person to throw away 1 ton of garbage, so just over 1 year.
Step-by-step explanation: The average person throws away 4.4 pounds of trash daily. So, the way to figure this out is 2,000 divided by 4.4 to find out the number of days it would take to throw away 2,000 pounds of trash.