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Factoring the Perfect Square Trinomial

A financial analyst is solving the quadratic equation $2x^2 - 3x = 20todetermineacompanysbreakevenpoint.Afterdividingtheequationbytheleadingcoefficientandaddingto determine a company's break-even point. After dividing the equation by the leading coefficient and adding rac{9}{16}tobothsides,theanalystarrivesattheequationto both sides, the analyst arrives at the equationx^2 - rac{3}{2}x + rac{9}{16} = rac{169}{16}$. What is the factored binomial square that represents the left side of this equation?

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