Question

Given the following perfect square trinomial, fill in the missing term.

x2 − 16x + ____

Answer 1

Answer:

$x^{2}-16x+64$

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem you must apply the proccedure shown below:

1. You have the following perfect square trinomial given in the problem:

$x^{2}-16+$

2. To fill the missing term, you must divide the coefficient -16 by 2 and then you must square it, as following:

$(\frac{-16}{2})^{2}=(-8)^{2}=64$