SOLUTION: how do you expand (x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d)(x-f)(x-g)(-h)...............(x-Z)

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Question 228517: how do you expand (x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d)(x-f)(x-g)(-h)...............(x-Z)
Answer by rapaljer(4671)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You don't have to expand this. It's a trick question. If you go all the way from (x-a) down to (x-z), you include a factor of (x-x) which equals 0. The product of all these factors times 0 is 0. Final answer!!

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje

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