How do you solve v26v=35 by completing the square?

2 Answers
Apr 17, 2017

By completing the square, we see that

v26v35=v26v+944=(v3)244

so in order to solve it we can solve

(v3)2=44

By setting x=v3, we can solve x2=44x=2±11, hence v3=11v=3+11

Apr 17, 2017

v=211+3

Explanation:

Completing the square is a process where one would manipulate the polynomial such that it could be factored into the form (variable +/- number) squared.

The trick to finding the third term in the polynomial is (b2)2. Thus, for this equation, we want the left side to be v26v+9.

With that in mind, we add 9 to both sides, and simplify.
v26v+9=44
(v3)2=44

Now we can take the square root of both sides, and solve for v.
v3=44
v=44+3
v=211+3