SOLUTION: use the FOIL to multiply: (8x-1)(2x+5)

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Question 134238: use the FOIL to multiply:
(8x-1)(2x+5)

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

Start with the given expression


Now let's FOIL the 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,

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