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Please select a resource from the list below.

Teach Yourself

• Completing the square - maxima and minima
  This is a workbook which describes how to complete the square for a quadratic expression. It goes on to show how the technique can be used to find maximum or minimum values of a quadratic expression.

Test Yourself

• Exercise - Completing the square - maxima and minima
  Online exercise on completing the square using maxima and minima.

Video

A transcript of each video should be available in the Teach Yourself section above.

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• Completing the Square - maxima & maxima
  Completing the square is an algebraic technique which has several applications. These include the solution of quadratic equations. In this unit we use it to find the maximum or minimum values of quadratic functions. (Mathtutor Video Tutorial)