document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=373772>Question 373772</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Describe the steps involved, in detail, in finding the product of  x+2 and x-2? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "To multiply any two binomials, use FOIL.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First:  Multiply the first term of the first binomial times the first term of the second binomial.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Outside:  Multiply the first term of the first binomial times the second term fo the second binomial.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Inside:  Multiply the second term of the first binomial times the first term of the second binomial.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Last:  Multiply the second term of the first binomial times the second term of the second binomial.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Faster process when multiplying conjugates.  Binomial Conjugates differ only by the sign between the two terms.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ +\ \alpha\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ -\ \alpha\"> are conjugates.  The result of multiplying conjugates is the difference of the first term squared and the second term squared, namely:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x^2\ -\ \alpha^2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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