Completing The Square Answers

x² - 5x + 5/25/425/4

x² + 1477/2 x + 49

Now, write x² - 16x + 64 = -8 as (x - 8)² = -16(x - 8)² = -8(x - 16)² = -16(x - 16)² = -8

Take the square root of both sides to get the solutions

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Use the square root property of equality to solve(x – 3)2 = –4.The solutions are –1 or 71 or 53 ± 2i3 ± 4i.