Completing the square

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What are the 2 steps of completing the square?

  1. Make the coefficient of x² is 1 by factorization

  2. Use the formula…

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What is the formula for completing the square?

(x + b/2 )² - (b/2)² + c

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How do you find the max or min points from the completed square?

(x + b/2)² = 0 will give the x-coordinate

-(b/2)² + c will give the y-coordinate

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What do you do with the square brackets at the end?

Factorize through