(6a-5y)(7a+3y) Distribute the red parenthetical expression taken as a whole, into the blue parenthetical expression: (6a-5y)(7a) + (6a-5y)(3y) Reverse the order of multiplication in each of the two terms: 7a(6a-5y) + 3y(6a-5y) Now distribute the blue factors into the red parenthetical expressions, getting these purple terms: 42a²-35ay + 18ay-15y² 42a² - 35ay + 18ay - 15y² Combine the middle two like terms as -17ay 42a² - 17ay - 15y² Edwin