Fill in the blanks so the left side of each is a perfect square trinomial. That it complete the square x^ 2 -2x+?=(x-?)^ 2

the question mark are the empty boxes for the numbers

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Step-by-step explanation:

Look at the LHS: you have the square of x, then you have 2 times x, times -1. to complete a square you just need to add the square of -1, that is 1. That becomes

since your problem is x^4 = 81, what you have to undeo is the "to the fourth power" part.

the inverse (opposite operation) of "to the fourth power" is "to the fourth root".

  (x^4) ^ ¼   = 81 ^ ¼  

  81 = 3^4     so (3 ^ 4) ^ ¼   =   3 ^ 1   = 3

by hand: (3 ^ 4) ^ ¼   =   3 ^ (4 x ¼) = 3 ^ 1   = 3   (when you take a power to a power, multiply the exponents.)

or, do it by calculator. one way of finding the fourth root is to use ^ (1/4)

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