SOLUTION: I am having a serious problem figuring out this problem. Can someone please help me? The problem is multiply (4b+1/2)(8b-3/4)

Question 151060This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra
: I am having a serious problem figuring out this problem. Can someone please help me?
The problem is multiply (4b+1/2)(8b-3/4) This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given expression.

Now let's FOIL the expression.

Remember, when you FOIL an expression, you follow this procedure:

Multiply the First terms:.

Multiply the Outer terms:.

Multiply the Inner terms:.

Multiply the Last terms:.

Now collect every term to make a single expression.

Now combine like terms.

So FOILS to .

In other words, .

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