The halfway idea
The halfway idea
Completing the square rewrites a quadratic so the first part is a perfect square. The key algebraic expansion used for this process is:
Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel A Level Maths 2.2 Completing the Square. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build fluency with the core pure algebra and calculus toolkit early, since almost every mechanics and statistics topic on the course depends on it.