Now we will learn to expand the square of a trinomial (a + b + c).
Let (b + c) = x
Then (a + b + c)2 = (a + x)2 = a2 + 2ax + x2 = a2 + 2a (b + c) + (b + c)2 = a2 + 2ab + 2ac + (b2 + c2 + 2bc) = a2 + b2 + c2 + 2ab + 2bc + 2caTherefore, (a + b + c)2 = a2 + b2 + c2 + 2ab + 2bc + 2ca