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algebra intermediate

Problem

The quadratic can be written in the form , where , , and are constants. What is ?
Solution
We complete the square.

To begin, since has a leading coefficient of , we factor out this coefficient to obtain Now we turn our attention to the quadratic in the second set of parentheses. This quadratic looks like the expansion of , except that the constant term is different. Specifically, , so . This gives us This is almost in the target form, . To get it into that precise form, we must distribute the : Then we have , , and , so .
Final answer
765