A method that rewrites the equation so one side becomes a perfect square is called:
ACompleting the survey
BCompleting the square
CCompleting the series
DCompleting the sequence
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Completing the square
1. Factorisation is the other classroom method.
2. A perfect square is built deliberately.
3. It is completing the square.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 4, Quadratic Equations._
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