SOLUTION: Use FOIL to multiply: (5x – 8)(x – 7)

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Question 109384: Use FOIL to multiply:
(5x – 8)(x – 7)

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

Start with the given 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

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Answer:
So foils and simplifies to

In other words,

Notice how factors back to the original expression (if you need help with factoring, check out this solver). So this verifies our answer.

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