How do you write (4m+8)^2 in standard form?

1 Answer
May 16, 2018

16m^2 + 64m + 64

Explanation:

Start by Writing (4m + 8) twice
(4m+8)^2 = (4m + 8)(4m+8)

Each Term in the first parenthesis is to be distributed into the second parenthesis.
= 4m(4m + 8) + 8(4m + 8)
= 16m^2 + 32m + 32m + 64
= 16m^2 + 64m + 64