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Answer:

This appears to be a way of finding a number

a

, which when ADDED to

x

2

16

x

RESULTS in a SQUARE of form

(

x

+

b

)

2

We can write

x

2

16

x

+

a

=

(

x

+

b

)

2

as

x

2

16

x

+

a

=

x

2

+

2

b

x

+

b

2

Now comparing COEFFICIENTS of SIMILAR terms

2

b

=

16

or

b

=

8

and

a

=

b

2

=

(

8

)

2

=

64



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