SOLUTION: how do you get the answer to (2x+6)²

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Question 570659: how do you get the answer to (2x+6)²
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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(2x+6)²

To square something, you multiply it by itself, 
so write it down twice:

(2x+6)(2x+6)

and multiply using FOIL:

(2x)(2x) + (2x)(6) + (6)(2x) + (6)(5)

  4x²    +   12x   +    12x  +   36

          4x² + 24x + 36

Edwin