Please answer correctly

Add 1 to both sides

Multiply both sides by 4

Take the square root of both sides

Subtract 5 from both sides

In this problem, you are trying to isolate the x. In order to do that you have to get rid of all the other numbers surrounding it. The first thing you're going to do is move the 1. To get rid of the -1 you have to do a +1. What you do to one side you have to do to the other. Therefore, you have to add +1. Next, you will move the 1/4 by multiplying by the reciprocal which is 4 (because 1/4 x 4 = 1, this gets rid of the 1/4 on the left side). After that you will do the opposite of square, which is to take the square root. Lastly, you will subtract the five for the same reason you added the 1.

3: 2

step-by-step explanation:

shorter piece is 2: 3, so just reverse it, and you get 3: 2

none of the above.

for one of the equations to be used in the process, there has to be a term in the equation since squared is .

since there is only a term in the first equation, we cannot derive a from completing the square.

solving with completing the square