Asked by shawda

Complete the square so that the left side of x2 + 8x − 3 = 0 becomes a binomial squared.

(x +
)2 =

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
(x + 4)^2 = 19

(Reason: (x+4)^2 = x^2 + 8x + 16, so x^2 + 8x − 3 = (x+4)^2 − 19, hence (x+4)^2 = 19.)