Question

Please show your work! I have 3 more of these, and I want to be able to do them by myself.

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

We group the number 5:

5(x² + 3x + 2.25)

Now inside the brackets we'll take the square root of the coefficient of the x and the square root of the last number, then remove the square from the x and write it as a sum:

5(x+1.5)²

What's the idea behind this?

Well, remember that when you have something in the form:

(a+b)²

It actually means:

a² + 2ab + b²

In our case a was x, and b was 2.25. For bringing it into the shorter form we have to take the square root of a and b.

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