Question

describe in your own words how to complete the square for the eqaution 1=x^2=4x

Answer 1

one equals sign too many

Answer 2

@UnkleRhaukus sorry it says 1=x^2+4x I thought I hit the addition sign but I hit the equal one by mistake.

Answer 3

1 = x^2 + 4x
The first step is usually to get all the constant to one side and all the other terms to the other side, but this is already the case,
(but i do prefer to have it the other way around, so)
x^2 + 4x = 1

Answer 4

Now look at the coefficient of the x term,

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A perfect square has the form:
(x+a)^2
if we expand this out . . .
(x+a)^2 = (x+a)(x+a)
= x(x+a) + a(x+a)
= x^2 + ax + ax + a^2
___ = x^2 + 2ax + a^2


So the next step is divide the coefficient of our equation by two,
thus determining a.