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Answer:

C. x² -8x +16 = 20

Explanation:

You want the next step in completing the square after you get x² -8x = 4.

Completing the square

The constant in a perfect square monic trinomial is the square of half the coefficient of the linear term.

The coefficient of x is -8. Half that is -4, and its square is (-4)² = 16. This will be the value added to the equation in the second step.

x² -8x +16 = 4 +16

x² -8x +16 = 20

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Additional comment

A monic polynomial has a leading coefficient of 1. We generally work with monic quadratics when completing the square. We do this by factoring the leading coefficient out of the variable terms.

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