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  • 30-04-2021
  • Mathematics
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Explain how you know that x^2-8x+20 is always positive.
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whatup567
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  • 02-05-2021

Answer:

if you rearrange to complete the square, you get (x^2-4)^2 +4

and seeing as anything squared will always be positive or zero, the lowest possible value for (x^2-4)^2 is 0, when x = 4

and 0 + 4 = 4, which is greater than 0, so positive

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