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completing the square  

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  • In elementary algebra, completing the square is a technique for converting a quadratic polynomial of the form
    to the form
    for some values of h and k. In other words, completing the square places a perfect square trinomial inside of a quadratic expression.
    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Completing_the_square)

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