Answer
$ y=4$
Work Step by Step
Given $$ y=x^{2}+2 x+5$$
So, we have
\begin{aligned} y&=x^{2}+2 x+5\\
&=x^{2}+2 x+1 -1+5\\
&=(x^{2}+2 x+1) +4\\
&=(x+1)^{2}+4\\
\end{aligned}
So, we see that $ y=4$ is the minimum, when $ x=-1$
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