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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%286y-8%29%286y-8%29\" Expand. Remember something like \"x%5E2=x%2Ax\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's FOIL the expression.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28highlight%286y%29-8%29%28highlight%286y%29-8%29\" Multiply the First terms:\"%286%2Ay%29%2A%286%2Ay%29=36%2Ay%5E2\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28highlight%286y%29-8%29%286y%2Bhighlight%28-8%29%29\" Multiply the Outer terms:\"%286%2Ay%29%2A%28-8%29=-48%2Ay\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%286y%2Bhighlight%28-8%29%29%28highlight%286y%29-8%29\" Multiply the Inner terms:\"%28-8%29%2A%286%2Ay%29=-48%2Ay\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%286y%2Bhighlight%28-8%29%29%286y%2Bhighlight%28-8%29%29\" Multiply the Last terms:\"%28-8%29%2A%28-8%29=64\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we have the terms: \"36%2Ay%5E2\", \"-48%2Ay\", \"-48%2Ay\", and \"64\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"36%2Ay%5E2-48%2Ay-48%2Ay%2B64\" Now add every term listed above to make a single expression.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"36%2Ay%5E2-96%2Ay%2B64\" Now combine like terms.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So \"%286y-8%29%5E2\" FOILs to \"36%2Ay%5E2-96%2Ay%2B64\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In other words, \"%286y-8%29%5E2=36%2Ay%5E2-96%2Ay%2B64\".
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