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What value in place of the question mark, makes the polynomial below a perfect square trinomial?

x2+24x+? ...?

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x2 + 24x + 144 makes this polynomial a perfect square trinomial.
This is because half of 24 is 12, and 12 squared is 144.

Instead of the question mark, you should use 144.
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