Evaluate (2-x)^2

${(2 - x)}^{2}$

Rewrite ${(2 - x)}^{2}$ as $(2 - x) (2 - x)$ .

$(2 - x) (2 - x)$

Expand $(2 - x) (2 - x)$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$2 (2 - x) - x (2 - x)$

Apply the distributive property.

$2 \cdot 2 + 2 (- x) - x (2 - x)$

Apply the distributive property.

$2 \cdot 2 + 2 (- x) - x \cdot 2 - x (- x)$

$2 \cdot 2 + 2 (- x) - x \cdot 2 - x (- x)$

Simplify and combine like terms.

Simplify each term.

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$4 + 2 (- x) - x \cdot 2 - x (- x)$

Multiply $- 1$ by $2$ .

$4 - 2 x - x \cdot 2 - x (- x)$

Multiply $2$ by $- 1$ .

$4 - 2 x - 2 x - x (- x)$

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$4 - 2 x - 2 x - 1 \cdot - 1 x \cdot x$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$4 - 2 x - 2 x - 1 \cdot - 1 (x \cdot x)$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$4 - 2 x - 2 x - 1 \cdot - 1 x^{2}$

$4 - 2 x - 2 x - 1 \cdot - 1 x^{2}$

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$4 - 2 x - 2 x + 1 x^{2}$

Multiply $x^{2}$ by $1$ .

$4 - 2 x - 2 x + x^{2}$

$4 - 2 x - 2 x + x^{2}$

Subtract $2 x$ from $- 2 x$ .

$4 - 4 x + x^{2}$

$4 - 4 x + x^{2}$

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