By Lynn Marecek and Andrea Honeycutt Mathis, whole-book authors. OpenStax publishes and hosts the book. Published 6 May 2020; the later website footer copyright year is not the publication date.
Section of Intermediate Algebra 2e by Lynn Marecek and Andrea Honeycutt Mathis. No separate chapter author or section publication date is credited. The parent edition was published 6 May 2020.
Online text: openstax.org/books/intermediate-algebra-2e/pages/9-2-solve-quadratic-equations-by-completing-the-square
Cited passages: §9.2, Binomial Squares Pattern; Solve Quadratic Equations of the Form ax²+bx+c=0; Citation information.
Prealgebra 2e by Lynn Marecek and others 2026-10-14
Section of Prealgebra 2e, whose senior contributing authors are credited in the book preface. The whole-book citation identifies publication on 11 March 2020; website footer copyright is a different date.
Cited passages: Prealgebra 2e, §3.1: Locate Positive and Negative Numbers on the Number Line; Opposite Notation; Integers.