document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=414392>Question 414392</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I know when a term is squared in multiplying binomials with special cases?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For example: I got this one right on my homework.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3x-2)^2 is 9x^2-12x+4 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "but a similar problem that I had was marked wrong, because I did not square the last term. That problem was <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2r-3s)^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I had answered it as 4r^2-12rs-9s. However, my teacher wrote the correct answer by it and she wrote 4r^2-12rs-9s^2.  Is it only squared if there is a variable involved? Or is there another way to tell when to square the last term?  Thank you in advance </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #290706 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=290706\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You're squaring it no matter what. In the first example, you squared -2 to get \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the second example, you should have squared -3s to get \r<BR>\n" );
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