Weare asked to used distributive property and reduce the expression:
(x - 2 ) 2 + 9
so we apply distributive property to eliminate the parenthesis, multiplying the factor of "2" by "x" and by "-2":
2 x - 4 + 9
now combine like terms:
2 x + 5
If the question involved instead the following expression:
(x - 2)^2 + 9 (where the "2" was in fact a power affecting the binomial (x-2), then
