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Topic: Completing a square
Replies: 4   Last Post: Jun 23, 2008 3:00 PM

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G.E. Ivey

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Re: Completing a square
Posted: May 2, 2008 4:43 PM
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Another interpretation of your question is "If you have a perfect square, did it necessarily come from "completing the square" but I am sure you understand the answer to that is "no". There are many ways "perfect squares" can appear in problems.

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