SOLUTION: simplify: (x-5)(x^2-3x-2)

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Question 153107: simplify:
(x-5)(x^2-3x-2)

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

Start with the given expression.


Expand.


Distribute.


Multiply.


Now combine like terms.


So expands to .


In other words, .

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