Question

b) Find the value of a and b.
3 4 a
6
b 1 6
8
1 1 6 4 4 4​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Answer:

This appears to be a way of finding a number

a

, which when added to

x

2

−

16

x

results in a square of form

(

x

+

b

)

2

We can write

x

2

−

16

x

+

a

=

(

x

+

b

)

2

as

x

2

−

16

x

+

a

=

x

2

+

2

b

x

+

b

2

Now comparing coefficients of similar terms

2

b

=

−

16

or

b

=

−

8

and

a

=

b

2

=

(

−

8

)

2

=

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