For this case we have the following expression:
We follow the steps below:
We subtract 4x on both sides of the equation:
We subtract 10 from both sides of the equation:
Now, we must complete squares.
When we have an equation of the form:
, if we want to complete squares we must subtract c on both sides of the equation obtaining:
The square is completed by adding to both sides of the equation:
So, we have left:
In the given expression we have:
And to complete the square we have:
Rewriting we have:
We factor the left side of the equation, that is, we look for two numbers that when added together result in -8 and when multiplied as a result 16. We have:
So, we have:
Answer:
The intermediate step is to complete squares