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Amira is solving the equation x2 – 6x = 1. Which value must be added to both sides of the equation to make the left side a perfect-square trinomial?
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Add 9.
Because to complete the square for x^2 − 6x you add (−6/2)^2 = (−3)^2 = 9, giving (x − 3)^2 = 1 + 9 = 10.
Because to complete the square for x^2 − 6x you add (−6/2)^2 = (−3)^2 = 9, giving (x − 3)^2 = 1 + 9 = 10.
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