simplified version of (3x-5)^2

User Icon for Reiny Reiny answered
12 years ago

I consider this to be as simplified as it gets.

If you expand it, it becomes less "simplified"

User Icon for Nicole Nicole answered
12 years ago

sorry meant expand

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To find a simplified version of (3x-5)^2, you need to expand the expression using the concept of the binomial square.

Here's how you can do it step by step:

Step 1: Square the first term.
(3x)^2 = 9x^2.

Step 2: Multiply the first term by twice the product of the two terms, which is -5.
2 * (3x) * (-5) = -30x.

Step 3: Square the second term.
(-5)^2 = 25.

Putting it all together, the expanded form of (3x-5)^2 is:
(3x-5)^2 = 9x^2 - 30x + 25.

So, the simplified version of (3x-5)^2 is 9x^2 - 30x + 25.