Please help: x^2+13x
Are we looking for solutions?
yes
Start by removing the x from both terms:\[x(x+13)=0\] Do you know how to proceed?
subtract 13 from both sides?
first you can't find the solution without a left side, did it ask for the roots/zeroes of the function?
right* side
if it's asking for roots or zeroes first start with \[x^2+13x=0\] because when it asks for zeroes it's asking for x intercepts we know that y = 0, in otherwords y=f(x)=x^2+13x in this case where y = 0
it's asking me to write the resulting perfect square in trinomial form
I came up with x^2+13x + 169/4= (x + 13/2)^2
first take half of 13
6.5
then square it it
42.25
now since you added 42.25 to one side you have to add 42.25 on the other side
\[x^2+13x+42.25=42.25\]
your perfect squre is the left side
x^2 +13x is the final answer?
no your trinomial is \[Ax^2+Bx+C=x^2+13x+42.25\]
I see it now
this question is really weird because trinomial form is Ax^2+Bx+C however when you do complete the square you get Ax^2+Bx+C-(B/2)^2
im lost
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