Question

Use completing the square to solve the equation x2 - 10x = -8.



Which equation is used in the process?

Answer 1

x2- 10x + 25 = 17
x2- 10x + 25 = -8
x2- 10x - 25 = -33

Answer 2

\[[\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }(-10)]^{2}\]

Answer 3

that first step is correct....
\(\large x^2-10x+25=17 \)

now from here, the left side is a perfect square trinomial which can be factored as
\(\large (x-5)^2=17 \)

can you do the rest from here?