Big Ideas Math - Algebra 1, A Common Core Curriculum

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Chapter 7 - Polynomial Equations and Factoring - 7.3 - Special Products of Polynomials - Exercises - Page 375: 31

Answer

$(k+4)^{2}=k^{2}+2(k)(4)+4^{2}$ The error in finding the product was missing the term $2(k)(4)$. Correctly, we have $(k+4)^{2}=k^{2}+8k+16$.

Work Step by Step

Using square of a binomial pattern $(a+b)^{2}=a^{2}+2ab+b^{2}$ where $a=k$ and $b=4$, we get $(k+4)^{2}=k^{2}+2(k)(4)+4^{2}$ The error in finding the product was missing the term $2(k)(4)$. Correctly, we have $(k+4)^{2}=k^{2}+8k+16$
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