How do you solve $2 x^{2} + 7 x + 3$ $2x^2+7x+3$ by completing the square?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-01T18:23:09

There is a problem with the question.

As it is not an equation, it cannot be solved. There are two possibilities: The equation might have been $2 x^{2} + 7 x + 3 = 0$ $2x^2 + 7x + 3 = 0$

or the question should have read,
write $2 x^{2} + 7 x + 3$ $2x^2 + 7x + 3$ in the form of $a {(x + b)}^{2} + c$ $a(x+b)^2 + c$

Both of these could involve the process of completing the square.

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