Linear and Quadratic Functions: Solving Quadratic Functions

think icon Think & Click: Completing the Square

Now, you try. Complete the Think & Click activity by looking at each problem below, thinking about it, and then clicking on it to reveal the solution.

Solve x2 + 2x = 13 by completing the square.
 
negative one plus or minus square root of fourteen
 
Solve x2 – 5x – 1 = 4 – 3x by completing the square.
 
one plus or minus square root of six
 
Solve x2 − 4x = −5 by completing the square.
 
2 ± i
 
Solve x2 + 13 = −6x
 
-3 ± 2i