T temarie New member Joined Jun 3, 2010 Messages 4 Jun 8, 2010 #1 find the value of c which will make the following expression a perfect square trinomial 9x^2-24x+c I can factor trinomials but having trouble reversing to get c
find the value of c which will make the following expression a perfect square trinomial 9x^2-24x+c I can factor trinomials but having trouble reversing to get c
B BigGlenntheHeavy Senior Member Joined Mar 8, 2009 Messages 1,577 Jun 8, 2010 #2 \(\displaystyle (a-b)^2 \ = \ a^2-2ab+b^2\) \(\displaystyle 9x^2-24x+c, \ \implies \ a^2 \ = \ 9x^2 \ \implies \ a \ = \ 3x.\) \(\displaystyle -24x \ = \ -2ab, \ 12x \ = \ ab \ = \ 3xb, \ b \ = \ 4, \ c \ =b^2, \ c \ =16\) \(\displaystyle Check3x-4)^2 \ = \ 9x^2 \ -24x \ +16.\)
\(\displaystyle (a-b)^2 \ = \ a^2-2ab+b^2\) \(\displaystyle 9x^2-24x+c, \ \implies \ a^2 \ = \ 9x^2 \ \implies \ a \ = \ 3x.\) \(\displaystyle -24x \ = \ -2ab, \ 12x \ = \ ab \ = \ 3xb, \ b \ = \ 4, \ c \ =b^2, \ c \ =16\) \(\displaystyle Check3x-4)^2 \ = \ 9x^2 \ -24x \ +16.\)