Chapter 4 Section 3: Completing the square

How can we go from standard form to vertex form?

__________________ ________ ______________ is the process of making a perfect trinomial. If

you have a perfect trinomial, you can factor more easily.

To complete the square for the expression 2 + , (2)2

2
2
2 + + ( ) = ( + )
2
2
Example 1: Find the value of c that makes 2 + 40 + a perfect square trinomial. Then write the
expression as a square of a binomial.

Example 2: Rewrite () = 2 18 + 5 in vertex form. Identify the vertex.

Example 3: Rewrite () = 2 22 + 16 in vertex form. Identify the vertex.

Example 4: Rewrite () = 2 2 20 + 60 in vertex form. Identify the vertex.