How do you write x(x+2)^2x(x+2)2 in standard form?

1 Answer
Oct 1, 2016

x^3+4x^2+4xx3+4x2+4x

Explanation:

The first step here is to expand the bracket, before multiplying by x.

(x+2)^2=(x+2)(x+2)(x+2)2=(x+2)(x+2)

We must ensure that each term in the second bracket is multiplied by each term in the first bracket, as follows.

color(red)(x)(x+2)color(red)(+2)(x+2)x(x+2)+2(x+2)

=x^2+2x+2x+4=x^2+4x+4=x2+2x+2x+4=x2+4x+4

Now we have to multiply this result by x.

rArrx(x^2+4x+4)x(x2+4x+4)

=x^3+4x^2+4xlarr" in standard form"=x3+4x2+4x in standard form