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For which value of b will x² + bx + 36 be a perfect-square trinomial?

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Correct answer: 12

The correct answer is B: b = 12. Since 36 = 6², a perfect-square trinomial with first term x² and constant term 36 must have the form (x + 6)² or (x − 6)². Expanding (x + 6)² gives x² + 2(x)(6) + 6² = x² + 12x + 36, so b = 12. The positive value is appropriate because the expression is written with a positive middle coefficient. Option A is only the square root of 36, not twice the square root, so it gives the wrong middle term. Option C is too large and would not equal 2 × 1 × 6. Option D is the constant term itself, not the required middle coefficient. Memory cue: when the leading coefficient is 1, the middle coefficient of a perfect square is twice the square root of the constant term, with a sign matching the bracket.

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Perfect Square TrinomialPolynomial CoefficientsFactorisationAlgebraic IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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