HSM12CC A1 09 05 PRG
HSM12CC A1 09 05 PRG
HSM12CC A1 09 05 PRG
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Class
Date
Practice
Find the value of c such that each expression is a perfect-square trinomial.
1. x2 + 4x + c
2. b2 + 12b + c
3. g2 20g + c
4. a2 7a + c
5. w2 + 18w + c
6. n2 9n + c
8. p2 5p = 4
9. b2 + 6b = 16
10. c2 4c = 21
11. a2 2a = 15
12. v2 + 8v = 15
13. y2 + 16y = 17
14. x2 + 4x + 3 = 0
15. h2 + 4h = 1
16. r2 + 8r + 13 = 0
17. d2 2d 4 = 0
18. m2 24m + 44 = 0
20. 2h2 5h = 1
21. 4k2 + 4k = 5
22. 2c2 + 7c + 3 = 0
23. 3f2 2f = 1
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Name
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Class
Practice
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Date
Form G
26. What are all of the values of c that will make x2 + cx + 49 a perfect square?
27. What are all of the values of c that will make x2 + cx + 121 a perfect square?
31. p2 + 3p + 2 = 1
33. 2a2 3a + 4 = 0
35. 5t2 6t = 35
36. Writing Discuss the strategies of graphing, factoring, and completing the square for
37. The height of a triangle is 4x inches and the base is (5x + 1) inches. The area of
the triangle is 500 square inches. What are the dimensions of the base and height
of the triangle?
38. The formula for finding the volume of a rectangular prism is V = lwh. The height
39. Writing In order to solve a quadratic equation by completing the square, what does
the coefficient of the squared term need to be? If the coefficient is not equal to this,
what does your first step need to be to complete the square?
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