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A financial analyst is using the equation n2=3n+11n^2 = 3n + 11 to model the projected growth of a new investment fund. To solve for nn by completing the square, the analyst first subtracts $3nfrombothsidestoobtaintheequationfrom both sides to obtain the equationn^2 - 3n = 11.Inordertocalculatetheconstantthatmustbeaddedtobothsidestocompletethesquare,theanalystmustfirstidentifythecoefficientofthelinearterm(. In order to calculate the constant that must be added to both sides to complete the square, the analyst must first identify the coefficient of the linear term (n$). In this specific equation, that coefficient is ____.

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