Jessie has rewritten the quadratic equation x2-32x +54 -0 in the form (-p) = 202. What is the value of p in the rewritten equation?

Given:

The quadratic equation is:

It can be written as .

To find:

The value of p in the rewritten equation.

Solution:

We have,

Isolate the constant term.

We need to make 202 on the right side. So, add 256 on both sides.

Let , then

Therefore, the value of p is .

The given equation can be written as:

Adding 148 on both sides, we get

Let , then

Therefore, the another possible value of p is .