Answer:
36
Step-by-step explanation:
There is a pattern. Try expanding some binomials to see the pattern.

Compare that last line with the problem.

<em>n</em> is the square of <u>half</u> the coefficient of <em>x</em>. In the two examples given above,
9 is the square of half of 6
25 is the square of half of 10
The square of half of 12 is 