Engineering↗
Completing the Square
Turning any quadratic into a perfect square plus a constant, the one rule that makes it work, and why the vertex falls out of the result for free.
Every page in the KEVOS library tagged perfect square. 3 pages.
Turning any quadratic into a perfect square plus a constant, the one rule that makes it work, and why the vertex falls out of the result for free.
Common factors, grouping, reverse FOIL, the special forms and perfect squares - the five methods, the order to try them in, and what to do when none of them works.
Multiplying polynomials by the distributive law, the FOIL bookkeeping aid, and the seven special products worth recognising instantly in both directions.