Completing the Square - April 16th

Topics for Today:

Today we explored the final way to solve quadratic equations: completing the square.  We can apply our knowledge of perfect square trinomials to set our equations up so that When we take an equation of x^2+bx+c=0  and apply algebraic properties including our perfect square trinomial pattern to solve it, we call this process “completing the square”.

We complete the square to solve so that we are able to take the square root of each side of the equation to produce our solutions.  (So far we have used factoring and the quadratic formula to solve these equations).

Here is an example of completing the square:

Sections Covered in Textbook:

10-6: Completing the Square (pages 541-546)

Resources & Tutorials:

1) Solve by completing the square
2) How to use a shortcut to factor a perfect square trinomial
3) Completing the Square Class Notes
4) Video recording of today's class - see Google Classroom for the password.

Assignments:

1) Completing the Square Worksheet
**Planning ahead - Chapter 10 test next week - you will have a Delta Math assignment as part of your review.  Once posted, you should work on this prior to Monday's class.