SOLUTION: Multiply ( x + 1/3 )^2

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Question 177313: Multiply ( x + 1/3 )^2
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, dini:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression.


Expand. Remember something like .


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:.


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Now collect every term to make a single expression.


Now combine like terms.


So FOILs to .


In other words, .

Answer by dini(5)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(x+1/3)^2
=(x+1/3)*(x+1/3)
=x^2+(1/3)x+(1/3)x+(1/3)^2
=x^2+(2/3)x+1/9

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