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saw5 [17]
4 years ago
15

Find the roots of the quadratic equation x^2 – 8x = 9 by completing the square. Show your work

Mathematics
2 answers:
Butoxors [25]4 years ago
6 0

To solve by completing the square, you have to write the equation in the form x^2+2ax+a^2=(x+a)^2

Using 2ax=-8x, we can solve for a, which is 2ax/2x. We can then use this to find that a=-4.

Plug a=-4 into the equation x^2+2ax+a^2=(x+a)^2.

x^2-8x+(-4)^2=9+(-4)^2

x^2-8x+(-4)^2=25

Complete the square:

(x-4)^2=25

Solve x-4=sqrt25 (square root) and x-4=negsqrt25 (negative square root)

x=9 and x=-1.

These can be proven by plugging them into the above equation (x-4)^2=25.

9-4^2=25 and -1-4^2=25.

Hope this helps ;)

worty [1.4K]4 years ago
5 0

x^2  -  8x = 9

Add both sides the square of half of 8 , that is {(\frac{8}{2})} ^2

x^2  -  8x  + (\frac{8}{2})^2 = 9 +(\frac{8}{2})^2(x^2 -8x +4^2 ) = 9 +16

(x-4)^2 = 25

Take square root on both sides

x-4 = 5 or x-4 = -5

⇒ x= 9 or x= -1

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