What is the center and radius of the circle described by this equation? (x-3) 2 + (y-5) 2 =36
Now what about this equation? x x y y + 50 = -5
Completing the Square
x x 3 3
x x What is the area of this whole square (blue and orange together)? 3 3
x x What is the area of each quadrilateral? 3 3
x x 3 3 3x x2x2 3 2 =9
x x 5 5 Complete the square
x x 7 7
Incomplete squares, algebraically: = x 2 + 5x + 5x = x x = x 2 + 7x + 7x = x x
So…how would you complete the square without the picture? What if you only had the expressions? x x x x
Take half of the coefficient for x, square it, and add to expression. x x ½ *10 = 5 5 2 = 25 x x + 25 = (x+5) 2
Now what about this equation? x x y y + 50 = -5