SOLUTION: Find the products. a(a+5)(a-5)

Question 112672: Find the products.
a(a+5)(a-5)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression

Distribute

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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