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Lesson 13: Completing the Square

Topic(s): 
Quadratics
Development Math

This lesson introduces completing the square as a means of expanding the set of quadratic equations that may be solved beyond the extraction of roots and factoring. Simpler cases are first presented and then towards the end of the lesson a procedure for completing the square of \(ax^2 + bx + c = 0\) is given.

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Subject: 
Algebra and Number Theory
Algebra
Algebraic Manipulation
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Creator(s): 
Bruce Yoshiwara (Pierce College) and Kathy Yoshiwara (Pierce College)
Cataloger: 
Bohdan Rhodehamel
Publisher: 
Developmental Mathematics Collection
Rights: 
CC BY-NC-SA