The correct factorization is
2(x-2)²
The expansion of a perfect square is

In words, the square of a sum of two terms is the sum of the squares of the two terms (
and
), plus twice the product of the two terms (
)
So, when determining if you have a perfect square trinomial, you should have two perfect squares. Note that they don't have to be the first and third term, since you can rearrange terms as you prefer.
C. (-1, -2) would be your answer
That transformation is just a translation (x-2, y-4) from point (1,2)
Answer:
(tan(theta)-1)^3
= (tan(theta)-1)(tan(theta)-1)(tan(theta)-1)
= (tan^2(theta)-2tan(theta)+1)(tan(theta)-1)
= tan^3(theta)-2tan^2(theta)+tan(theta)-tan^2(theta)+2tan(theta)-1
= tan^3(theta)-3tan^2(theta)+3tan(theta)-1
Hope this helps :)