How you express four less than a the square of a number

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answer:   x (x+6)^2, choice b

discussion:

factor x out of the equation:

x^3 + 12x^2 + 36x = x (x^2 + 12x + 36).

note that 6+6 = 12 and 6*6 = 36 so the above factors into:

x (x+6)^2

which is choice b

you,

mrb

the diagram shows you   triangle def with de=4, df=9 and de≠df≠ef.

the sum of the lengths of two triangles' sides are always greater than the length of the third side:

substitute sides lengths:

then 5< ef< 13 (option 3 is true).

def is a scalene triangle with all sides of different lengths (option 5 is true, option 2 is false).

answer: correct choices are 1, 3 and 5