Basic Algebraic Manipulation: Completing the square

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Benjamin Bui 6 years, 2 months ago

Created this as a copy of Algebra: Completing the square.

Name	Status	Author	Last Modified
Completing the square	draft	Newcastle University Mathematics and Statistics	20/11/2019 14:50
Algebra: Completing the square	draft	Lovkush Agarwal	17/10/2019 17:07
Algebra: Factorising quadratics	draft	Lovkush Agarwal	23/09/2019 13:52
Algebra: Solving quadratics by factorising	Ready to use	Lovkush Agarwal	07/04/2020 10:19
Algebra: Solving quadratics by completing the square	Ready to use	Lovkush Agarwal	07/04/2020 09:59
Quadratic Factorisation	draft	Gareth Woods	14/06/2017 16:28
Harry's copy of Solving quadratics by factorising	draft	Harry Flynn	07/07/2017 09:24
Solving quadratics by factorising - AMRC	draft	Ian Loasby	24/07/2017 16:26
Katherine's copy of Solving quadratics by factorising	draft	Katherine Tomlinson	17/08/2017 16:51
Solving Equations with Hidden Quadratics	draft	Katherine Tomlinson	17/08/2017 16:33
Algebra: Quadratics, multiplying out brackets	draft	Lovkush Agarwal	20/06/2018 13:48
Factorising quadratics	draft	Owen Jepps	11/01/2018 01:23
Quadratic Factorisation and hints	draft	Owen Jepps	11/01/2018 01:30
Edward's copy of Factorising quadratics	draft	Edward Hall	12/03/2018 20:42
rema's copy of Algebra: Factorising quadratics	draft	rema Nath	28/06/2018 01:12
grant's copy of Algebra: Solving quadratics by factorising	draft	grant smith	28/06/2018 01:10
grant's copy of Algebra: Solving quadratics by completing the square	draft	grant smith	28/06/2018 01:23
rema's copy of Algebra: Factorising quadratics	draft	rema Nath	28/06/2018 01:18
Algebra: Factorising quadratics	draft	emma rand	27/07/2018 15:59
Algebra: Solving quadratics by completing the square. shorter	draft	Lovkush Agarwal	12/12/2018 12:39
Algebra: Solving quadratics by factorising. shorter	draft	Lovkush Agarwal	04/12/2019 11:43
Basic Algebraic Manipulation: Completing the square	draft	Benjamin Bui	17/01/2019 05:29
Gizem's copy of Algebra: Solving quadratics by completing the square. shorter	draft	Gizem Intepe	02/03/2019 06:07
what the heck 2	draft	John Wick	30/05/2019 11:58
John's copy of Algebra: Solving quadratics by factorising. shorter	draft	John Wick	28/03/2020 19:13
Musa's copy of 3 Solving quadratics by completing the square	draft	Musa Mammadov	27/06/2023 01:27
Solving quadratics - factorisation	Ready to use	Shaheen Charlwood	27/10/2022 18:50
Ugur's copy of Algebra: Solving quadratics by factorising	Ready to use	Ugur Efem	08/11/2021 16:44
Ugur's copy of Ugur's copy of Algebra: Solving quadratics by factorising	Ready to use	Ugur Efem	03/05/2022 11:33

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Carry out the 'completing the square' method on the following quadratic expressions.

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			Name	Type	Generated Value

a	list	[ 4, -5, 0, -7, -6 ]
b	list	[ 19, -24, -18, 18, -12 ]
q	list	List of 5 items
ans	list	List of 5 items
test	expression	("t" + 4)^2 + 19
test2	expression	"t"^2 + 8*"t" + 35
vari	list	List of 6 items
qnoc	list	List of 5 items
c		Definition of variable `c` is empty.

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  random(-5..5)*random(-1..1#2),
  random(6..9)*random(-1..1#2),
  random(6..9)*random(-1..1#2)]

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[ 4, -5, 0, -7, -6 ]

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