SOLUTION: how would you... A.) use the distributive property to solve and create a binomial to set up the FOIL method B.) Solve with the FOIL method could you break it down step by step?

Question 151323: how would you...
A.) use the distributive property to solve and create a binomial to set up the FOIL method
B.) Solve with the FOIL method
could you break it down step by step?
4x(x^2-2x+5)
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A.) use the distributive property to solve and create a binomial to set up the FOIL method
(x+a)(x+b)
= (x+a)x + (x+a)b
= xx + ax + bx + ab
Which is F--O--I--L
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B.) Solve with the FOIL method
could you break it down step by step?
= 4x(x^2-2x+5)
= 4x*x^2 -4x*2x + 4x*5
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This problem does not involve FOILing, but involves distribution (you use FOIL when you have two binomials). So I would double check the problem.

Anyways, here's how you would simplify the problem.

Start with the given expression.

Distribute.

Multiply and to get

Multiply and to get

Multiply and to get

So distributes and simplifies to

In other words,

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