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Several quadratics are given and students are asked to complete the square.

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Factorise $\\simplify{{a[0]*c[0]}x^2+{a[0]*d[0]+b[0]*c[0]}x+ {b[0]*d[0]}}$. [[0]]

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Factorise $\\simplify{{a[1]*c[1]}x^2+{a[1]*d[1]+b[1]*c[1]}x+ {b[1]*d[1]}}$. [[0]]

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Factorise $\\simplify{{a[2]*c[2]}x^2+{a[2]*d[2]+b[2]*c[2]}x+ {b[2]*d[2]}}$. [[0]]

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Factorise the following quadratics into the form (ax+b)(cx+d). Ensure that you always write out two pairs of brackets. 

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