Answer: (x+2)^2 -11
Step-by-step explanation:
X^2 +4x -7
Half the middle term, add it to x and put them into a bracket and square it
(X+2) ^2 -7
Square the second term to get 4 and then take that away from 7. (We do this because if we had the extra 4, our answer when’s we multiplied out of the brackets wouldn’t be x^2 +4x -7.)
(X+2)^2 -7 -4
Now simplify the whole numbers outside the bracket
(X+2) ^2 -11
