Asked by dd

Which value must be added to the expression x2 + 16x to make it a perfect-square trinomial?
8
32
64
256

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
64

Because to complete the square for x^2 + 16x you add (16/2)^2 = 8^2 = 64, giving (x + 8)^2 = x^2 + 16x + 64.