Iam having brain fart, i forgot how to do (a+1)^2. i really don't want to go back through my algebra book.

1. (a + 1)^2

The customer price index(cpi), which measures the cost of a typical package of customer goods,was 208.8 in 2011 and 244.1 in 2016.let x=11 corresponding to the year 2011 an estimate to cpi into 2013 and 2014. assume that the data can be modeled by a straight line and the trend to continue idenfinitely.use data points to find such a line and then estimate the requested quantities