What does it mean by "completing the square" and how do u do it?

Aquadratic equation in standard from is written ax^2= bx+c, where a,b and c are real numbers and a is not zero?

Daryl factors the polynomial p(x)=x3+x2−26x+24 to rewrite it as p(x)=(x+6)(x−4)(x−1). which equations must be true? there may be more than one correct answer. select all correct answers. p(1)=0 p(−4)=0 p(−1)=0 p(6)=0 p(4)=0 p(−6)=0

James is playing his favorite game at the arcade. after playing the game 33 times, he has 88 tokens remaining. he initially had 2020 tokens, and the game costs the same number of tokens each time. the number tt of tokens james has is a function of gg, the number of games he plays