document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=276231>Question 276231</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me sove (a+2)(a-19) with the FOIL method.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have tried to work it out and have gotten this far:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              (a+2)(a-19) = (a)(a)+ (2)(-19)+ (2)(a)+ (2)(-19)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                     = a squared -38 + 2a - 38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                     = ?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have tried to work it out and have gotten this far:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a+2)(a-19) = (a)(a)+ (2)(-19)+ (2)(a)+ (2)(-19)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= a squared -38 + 2a - 38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You left out the (a)(-19), made a 2nd (2)(19)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a+2)(a-19) = (a)(a)+ (2)(-19)+ (2)(a)+ (a)(-19)<BR>\n" );
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