The first step in the solution of such an equation is to complete the square ; that is, to add to each side the square of the quotient obtained from dividing the second term by twice the square root of the first term. Shorter Course in Algebra - Page 174by George Albert Wentworth - 1887 - 250 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1897 - 536 pages
...b)2 = «V ± 2 abx + ¿2, it is evident that the expression аV±2аto lacks only the third term, b2, of being a complete square. It will be seen that this...dividing the second term by twice the square root of the Jirst term. 226. Every affected quadratic may be made to assume the form of aV±2eur = c. The first... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1897 - 386 pages
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| George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1897 - 382 pages
...± by — aV ± 2abx -f V, it is evident that the expression aV± 2abx lacks only the third term, V, of being a complete square. It will be seen that this third term is the sguare of the quotient obtained from dividing the second term by twice the square root of the first... | |
| Fletcher Durell, Edward Rutledge Robbins - Algebra - 1897 - 482 pages
...quadratic equation the coefficient of ж2 is a square number, we may readily complete the square by dividing the second term by twice the square root of the first term, and adding the square of the quotient thus obtained to both members of the equation. That this process... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - 1898 - 424 pages
...coefficient of x2 is 4, 9, 16, or any other perfect square, we may complete the square by adding to each side the square of the quotient obtained from dividing...second term by twice the square root of the first term. Solve 4 x2 - 23 x = - 30. 23 The square root of 4x2 is 2 x, and 23 x divided by twice 2x is — •... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - 1898 - 436 pages
...we may complete the square by adding to each side the square of the quotient obtained from dividiny the second term by twice the square root of the first term. Solve 4ж2 -23 ж = -30. 23 The square root of 4x2 is 2x, and 23 х divided by twice 2x is — 23 Add... | |
| William James Milne - Algebra - 1901 - 462 pages
...агх? + 2 abx + b!, it is evident that the third term, W, is the square of the quotient obtained by dividing the second term by twice the square root of the first«, EXAMPLES 1. Solve the equation 5 ж2 + 12 x = 9. SOLUTION 5 *2 + 12 x = 9. Multiplying by 6, 25 x2... | |
| Middlesex Alfred Bailey - Algebra - 1902 - 336 pages
...+ У, its first term is a perfect square. Hence, we multiply the equation by a. iAt2 + abx = ac Its third term is the square of the quotient obtained...second term by twice the square root of the first. JO Hence, we add to each member (abx -т- 2 Va2ж2)2, or — . Hence, the principle, QED PROPOSITION... | |
| William Kent - Engineering - 1907 - 1206 pages
...binomial ax ± b, as follows: add to each side of the equation the square of the quotient obtained by dividing the second term by twice the square root of the first term. 3. Extract the square root of each side of the resulting equation. Solve 3X1* — 4x ~ 32. To make... | |
| William James Milne - Algebra - 1902 - 620 pages
...azz* + 2 abz + Ъг, it is evident that the third term, №, is the square of the quotient obtained by dividing the second term by twice the square root of the first. EXAMPLES 1. Solve the equation 5 л? + 12 x = 9. SOLUTION 5z2 + 12 z = 9. Multiplying by 6, 25 za +... | |
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