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4 November, 19:52

Place the following steps in order to complete the square and solve for the quadratic equation, x squared - 6x + 7=0

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  1. 4 November, 20:18
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    To solve the quadratic by complete square method we proceed as follows:

    x²-6x+7=0

    this can be written as:

    x²-6x=-7

    but

    c = (-b/2a) ^2

    c = ( - (-6) / 2) ^2=9

    next we add 9 on both sides of our expression to get:

    x²-6x+9=-7+9

    x²-6x+9=2

    factoring out the LHS we get:

    (x-3) (x-3) = 2

    (x-3) ²=2

    getting the square root of both sides we obtain:

    x-3=+/-√2

    hence:

    x=3+/-√2
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