How do you simplify (x+2)2+(x+3)2?

1 Answer
Apr 22, 2018

2x2+10x+13

Explanation:

Expand the first two brackets:

(x+2)2=(x+2)(x+2)x2+4x+4

Expand the next two brackets:

(x+3)2=(x+3)(x+3)x2+6x+9

Collecting-like terms:

x2+4x+4+x2+6x+9

2x2+10x+13

2x2+10x+13