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Procedural Steps for Completing the Square

An operations analyst is using the expression u29uu^2 - 9u to model production variance in a manufacturing facility. To simplify this model by completing the square, the analyst must derive the constant term that forms a perfect square trinomial. Based on the standard procedure, what are the two specific mathematical operations that must be performed on the linear coefficient 9-9 to calculate the constant value 814\frac{81}{4}?

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