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Learn how to solve completing the square problems step by step online. Factor the expression x^2+8x+-15. Add and subtract \displaystyle\left(\frac{b}{2a}\right)^2. Divide 8 by 2. Divide 8 by 2. Calculate the power 4^2.
Final answer to the problem
$\left(x+4\right)^2-31$
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