Question

Use the perfect square trinomial identity to write this expression in factored form:

x2 + 10x + 25.

Answer 1

X^2 + 10x + 25
(X + 5)^2

Answer 2

`{x}^(2) + 10x + 25 \\ = ( {x}^(2) + 10x + {5}^(2) ) + (25 - {5}^(2) ) \\ = {(x + 5)}^(2)`