document.write( "Question 462118: How can I multiply this?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You can just use FOIL in the normal way. First, Outside, Inside, Last, then sum and collect like terms, or...\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "...you can just recognize that this is the product of two binomial conjugates so the product is the difference of two squares, thus:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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