document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=498527>Question 498527</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In algebra 1, how do you multiply polynomials? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #337130 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=337130\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Depends. Sometimes you can use FOIL (acronym for first-outer-inner-last, order in which you can expand terms)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE (x^2 + 1)(y - 3) = x^2y - 3x^2 + y - 3\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Some higher-order polynomials you might just have to go term by term, satisfying the distributive property:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE (3x^2 -5)(4x^3 + 8x - 1) = 3x^2(4x^3 + 8x - 1) - 5(4x^3 + 8x - 1)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you are raising a binomial to a power, use the binomial theorem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE (x+y)^n = (nC0)x^n + (nC1)x^{n-1}y + (nC2)x^{n-2}y^2 + ... + (nCn)y^n\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here, nCk denotes the number of ways to choose k objects from a set of n objects, regardless of order. </SPAN>\n" );
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