You want to put this in the form (x+b)^2 + c
To do this take half of the coefficient of b from the ordinal form which is 6/2=3 as use this as your new b
This give you (x+3)^2.
If you foil this out you get x^2 +6x +9 so you have added 9 to the original expression so now all you need to do is subtract 9 to keep things balanced
The final expression then is (x+3)^2 -9
<u> So c= -9</u>
( x-5 ) (x + 6 )
multiply
X times X + 6x - 5x - 5 times 6
connect like terms
x squared + 6x - 5x - 30
Answer is
x squared + x - 30
The answer would be: A. 31,275
to solve this you would take the population (18,922) and multiply it as shown below:
18,922(1+0.03)^17
This would equal 31,275 which would be your answer.
Hope this helps! :3