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1. We take out the coefficient of `x^2,` `a,` as a factor from the first two terms:
`f(x)=``(x^2+` `x)+ 40`
2. Then we add half of the coefficient of `x` squared, `(b/2)^2`, inside the bracket and subtract it outside `a` times, `a(b/2)^2`.
`f(x)=``(x^2+``x + ``)+ 40-`
3. Then we factorize the bracket and simplify outside the bracket.
`f(x)=``(x+``)^2+`
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