SOLUTION: which one is the correct one? "the square of four more than a number," X+4 (2) or (x+4)2 why?

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Question 10611: which one is the correct one? "the square of four more than a number,"
X+4 (2) or (x+4)2 why?
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) About Me  (Show Source):
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the square of four more than a number... ok then how about "the square of four more than 12? Answer to this is 16%5E2, so what if the number was x?

then we have (x+4)
and then we square this, as %28x%2B4%29%5E2

jon.