document.write( "Question 336026: multiply
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28highlight%28x%29%2B5%29%28highlight%283x%29-8%29\" Multiply the First terms:\"%28x%29%283x%29=3x%5E2\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28highlight%28x%29%2B5%29%283x%2Bhighlight%28-8%29%29\" Multiply the Outer terms:\"%28x%29%28-8%29=-8x\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x%2Bhighlight%285%29%29%28highlight%283x%29-8%29\" Multiply the Inner terms:\"%285%29%283x%29=15x\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x%2Bhighlight%285%29%29%283x%2Bhighlight%28-8%29%29\" Multiply the Last terms:\"%285%29%28-8%29=-40\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we have the terms: \"3x%5E2\", \"-8x\", \"15x\", \"-40\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x%5E2-8x%2B15x-40\" Now add every term listed above to make a single expression.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x%5E2%2B7x-40\" Now combine like terms.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So \"%28x%2B5%29%283x-8%29\" FOILs to \"3x%5E2%2B7x-40\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In other words, \"%28x%2B5%29%283x-8%29=3x%5E2%2B7x-40\".\r
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