Question

I am confused on how to do this

Answer 1

so, u would start by expanding the bracket and ignoring the 2 at the moment.
(x+9)(x+9)= x^2-18x+81(using the foil method!

Then u would put 2 at the front to get:
2(x^2+18x+81)
= 2x^2+36x+162