a. Create a quadratic expression in standard form. An expression does NOT have an equal sign. Quadratic has the form ax^2+bx+c where you pick numbers for a, b, and c. You will need to find (b/2)^2; what will make that easier? LOOK (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. here is a short video that demonstrates how to do this, please do not use x2 +16x in your example.

b. Rewrite the expression by completing the square. Explain your work using complete sentences.

Use the order of operations to turn the expression back into standard form. Explain your work using complete sentences.

Explain why completing the square will always result in a perfect square trinomial.