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Completing The Square

1) The document provides steps to express quadratic expressions in the form x + a^2 + b and to find the turning points of quadratic graphs. 2) It gives the solutions to expressing x^2 + 4x + 9 and x^2 + 8x - 12 in the form x + a^2 + b. 3) The turning point of the graph y = x^2 - 6x + 4 is found to be (-3, -5).

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Completing The Square

1) The document provides steps to express quadratic expressions in the form x + a^2 + b and to find the turning points of quadratic graphs. 2) It gives the solutions to expressing x^2 + 4x + 9 and x^2 + 8x - 12 in the form x + a^2 + b. 3) The turning point of the graph y = x^2 - 6x + 4 is found to be (-3, -5).

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Completing the Square

Express the following expressions in the form The point (−2, −3) is the turning point of 3𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 + 7 can be written in the form
𝑥 + 𝑎 2 + 𝑏, where 𝑎 and 𝑏 are constants. 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏, where 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 are 𝑎 𝑥 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 where 𝑎, 𝑏 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐 are constants.
a) 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 9 integers. Find the values of 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏.
a) Find the values of 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐.

b) 𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 − 12

a) Write down the coordinates of the 𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 − 8 = 𝑥 + 𝑝 2 − 𝑞 where 𝑝 and 𝑞 b) Using your answer to part (a) solve
turning point of the graph are constants. 3𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 + 7 = 7
𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 4. a) Find the values of 𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑞.

b) Hence Solve 𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 − 8 = 0


b) Is this a maximum or a minimum?
Maximum Minimum

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Express the following expressions in the form The point (−2, −3) is the turning point of 3𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 + 7 can be written in the form
𝑥 + 𝑎 2 + 𝑏, where 𝑎 and 𝑏 are constants. 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏, where 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 are 𝑎 𝑥 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 where 𝑎, 𝑏 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐 are constants.
a) 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 9 integers. Find the values of 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏.
𝑥+2 2−4+9 𝑎 = 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 = 5 𝑦 = 𝑥+2 2−3 a) Find the values of 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐.
= 𝑥+2 2+5 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4 − 3 3 𝑥2 + 4 + 7
b) 𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 − 12 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 1 =3 𝑥+2 2−4 +7
𝑥 + 4 2 − 16 + 12 𝑎 = 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 = −4 = 3 𝑥 + 2 2 − 12 + 7
= 𝑥+4 2−4 𝑎 = 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 = 1 =3 𝑥+2 2−5
𝑎 = 3, 𝑏 = 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐 = −5
a) Write down the coordinates of the 2 2 b) Using your answer to part (a) solve
𝑥 + 10𝑥 − 8 = 𝑥 + 𝑝 − 𝑞 where 𝑝 and 𝑞
turning point of the graph are constants. 3𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 + 7 = 7
𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 4. a) Find the values of 𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑞. 3 𝑥+2 2−5=7
𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑥 + 5 2 − 25 − 8 3 𝑥 + 2 2 = 12
𝑥−3 2−9+4 𝑝 = 5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑞 = −33
(3, −5) = 𝑥 + 5 2 − 33 𝑥+2 2 =4
= 𝑥−3 2−5 b) Hence Solve 𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 − 8 = 0 𝑥+2=± 4
b) Is this a maximum or a minimum? 𝑥 + 5 2 − 33 = 0 𝑥 = −5 − 33 𝑥 =2±2
2
𝑥 + 5 = 33 𝑥 = −5 + 33 𝑥 = 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 = 4
Maximum Minimum
𝑥 + 5 = ± 33

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