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Distribute and simply (x- 2)2+9

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Weare asked to used distributive property and reduce the expression:

(x - 2 ) 2 + 9

so we apply distributive property to eliminate the parenthesis, multiplying the factor of "2" by "x" and by "-2":

2 x - 4 + 9

now combine like terms:

2 x + 5

If the question involved instead the following expression:

(x - 2)^2 + 9 (where the "2" was in fact a power affecting the binomial (x-2), then

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