SOLUTION: How would I do a problem like: Multiplying a Polynomial by a Moonomial 4a(3x+5)?

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Question 111: How would I do a problem like: Multiplying a Polynomial by a Moonomial
4a(3x+5)?
Answer by terrtwo(10) About Me  (Show Source):
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To solve this remember the rules of the distibutive property: each term inside the parentheses MUST be multiplied by the term outside the parentheses.

Therefore 4a(3x+5) --> 4a * 3x + 4a * 5
Then remember that you cannot mix the variables --> 4*3*a*x + 4*5*a -->
12ax + 20a