SOLUTION: I am not sure if this belongs here or not. My question: How do you solve or what meathod do you use to slove: (x+h)^2 I thought the answer would be: x^2+h^2 However, th

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Start with the given expression


Expand. Remember something like


Now let's FOIL the expression



Remember, when you FOIL an expression, you follow this procedure:


Multiply the First terms:


Multiply the Outer terms:


Multiply the Inner terms:


Multiply the Last terms:


Now collect every term to make a single expression.


Now combine like terms. Note: the only "like" terms are and (which is just the reverse of the first expression). So this means that


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Answer:

So foils and simplifies to

In other words,