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Solving Completing The Square

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Quadratics: Solving using Completing the Square


Video 267a on www.corbettmaths.com

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Question 1: Solve each of the equations below using completing the square
-4 and -10
(a) x² + 6x + 8 = 0 (b) x² + 10x + 24 = 0 (c) x² + 14x + 40 = 0

(d) x² − 4x − 45 = 0 -5 and 9 (e) x² − 12x + 35 = 0 5 and 7 (f) x² − 2x − 3 = 0 3 and -1

(g) x² + 14x − 51 = 0 (h) x² − 6x − 16 = 0 (i) x² − 2x + 1 = 0


-17 and 3 8 and -2 only 1

Question 2: Solve each of the following equations using completing the square

(a) x² + 5x + 4 = 0 (b) x² − 3x − 18 = 0 (c) x² + x − 12 = 0

(d) x² − 7x + 12 = 0 (e) x² − 11x + 24 = 0 (f) x² − 7x − 30 = 0

Question 3: Solve each of the following equations using completing the square
Write each answer in simpliNied surd form

(a) x² + 4x − 3 = 0 (b) x² + 6x − 10 = 0 (c) x² − 2x − 5 = 0

(d) x² − 10x + 1 = 0 (e) x² + 8x + 3 = 0 (f) x² − 8x − 22 = 0

(g) x² + 20x + 7 = 0 (h) x² − 12x + 1 = 0 (i) x² − 30x − 100 = 0

Question 4: Solve each of the following equations using completing the square
Write each answer in simpliNied surd form

(a) x² + x − 7 = 0 (b) x² − 3x + 1 = 0 (c) x² + 11x − 5 = 0

(d) x² − 7x + 9 = 0 (e) x² − x − 50 = 0 (f) x² + 13x + 1 = 0

Question 5: Solve each of the following equations using completing the square
Write each answer in simpliNied surd form

(a) x² − 4x + 1 = 10 (b) x² + 2x + 5 = 20 − 8x (c) 3x² = 2x² + x + 7

(d) x² + 6x + 4 = 2x² + 8x − 1 (e) (f)

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Quadratics: Solving using Completing the Square
Video 267a on www.corbettmaths.com

Question 6: Solve each of the following equations using completing the square

(a) 5x² + 30x − 10 = 0 (b) 2x² + 7x + 3 = 0 (c) 3x² + 12x − 2 = 0

(d) 2x² − 3x − 7 = 0 (e) 5x² + 2x − 8 = 0 (f) 10x² − 2x − 1 = 0

Differentiation - challenging problems


Apply

Question 1: Find the points where the curve y = x² + 10x + 3 meets:


(a) the y-axis
(b) the x-axis

Question 2: The length of a rectangle is 20cm longer than its width.


The area of the rectangle is 1000cm²
Find the width and length of the rectangle.
Give your answers in surd form.

Question 3: Abby is trying to solve x² + 4x + 15 = 0


By using completing the square, explain why there are no (real) solutions

Question 4: The curve y = x² + 8x − 1 meets the x-axis at the points A and B


The point C is (2, 5)
Find the area of triangle ABC

Question 5: James has solved the equation x² + ax + b = 0


His solutions are x = −3 + √17 and x = −3 − √17
Find a and b

Question 6: By using completing the square on ax² + bx + c = 0 to establish the quadratic


formula

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a has to be 1.

When a=1

How we can check the work


desmos.com
graphing calculator

x+5=1
x+5=-1

x+3=1
x+3=-1
What if a is not 1?

copy paste later.

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