Is x^2 + 20x - 100 a perfect square trinomial? explain why or why not.

No.

This is almost a perfect square trinomial, but it is not.

We can verify this by looking at the first two terms.

With only x^2 + 20x, we could complete the square to make this a perfect square trinomial by performing the following steps:

Divide the middle term by 2.

20 / 2 = 10

Square the quotient.

10^2 = 100.

Add 100 to both sides.

x^2 + 20x + 100 = 100

As the provided trinomial is x^2 + 20x - 100, it is not a perfect square trinomial.

hello, sorry being so rude after all that fighting i found it kind of funny, so as me saying sorry here is an answer!

since the table showed her that   2km = 2000m.

to determine, how many km in 2000m, she would divide by 1000.

= 2000 / 1000 = 2 km.

similarly, for 8000m = 8000 / 1000 = 8 km

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