Another method to solve quadratics
Why isn’t the last picture a square? Is this a square? What about this one?This one?
What would we need to do to make this a square? Right, we would need to fill in the missing bottom section.
We can model a quadratic expression like this with tiles like this... This is the Split the x piece in 2 and put 1/2 here rest here The constant (4) goes here
Each group has some squares and rectangles. Practice showing completing the square for the following problems: Write the problems on a piece of paper and fill in the blanks when you find the number of small squares needed to complete the square.
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