So first you need to add 4 to each side to get (x+5)^2=16. Next you need to take the square root of each side to get ā(x+5)^2=+-ā16. After that simplify to get x+5=+-4. Now subtract 5from both sides to look like x=-5+-4. Now just do x=-5+4 and x=-5-4 then solve to get x=-1 and x=-9.
