SOLUTION: Multiply. (5a – 3b)2

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Question 177430: Multiply. (5a – 3b)2
Found 2 solutions by Mathtut, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by Mathtut(3670)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this is just the distributive property in action
:
a(b+c)=ab+ac
:
2(5a-3b)
:
2(5a)+2(-3b)=)=

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

Start with the given expression.


Expand. Remember something like .


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:.


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Now collect every term to make a single expression.


Now combine like terms.


So FOILs to .


In other words, .

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