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Type the correct answer in the box. Use numerals instead of words.The expression x^2 - 12x + 36 factors to (x - )^2

Type the correct answer in the box. Use numerals instead of words.The expression x-example-1
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Step-by-step explanation: Here we have a factorization problem and the way we solve it depends on the complexity and degree of the equation. We can see our equation is a simple quadratic function so we will use a simple method to solve it.

Step 1: Let's take a look at the illustration bellow

Step 2: As we can see above, we just need to find a way to represent the second term as a sum and the last term as multiplication using the same numbers.

Result: Once we found that this number is -6 so we can represent our factor as


(x-6)^2

And that is our final answer.

Type the correct answer in the box. Use numerals instead of words.The expression x-example-1
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