SOLUTION: I would like to know how to foil college math problems.. can you please provide me with an example and break it down.

Question 476722: I would like to know how to foil college math problems.. can you please provide me with an example and break it down.
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
FOIL is not a college-level topic, it is simply a mnemonic for expanding something in the form (a+b)(c+d). FOIL stands for first-outer-inner-last, meaning you multiply the first terms of each expression, multiply the outer terms, etc. So,

(a+b)(c+d) = ac + ad + bc + bd (note that a,c are the "first terms," etc.).
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