document.write( "Question 596816: (5y-2)^2 \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%285y-2%29%285y-2%29\" Expand. Remember something like \"x%5E2=x%2Ax\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's FOIL the expression.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28highlight%285y%29-2%29%28highlight%285y%29-2%29\" Multiply the First terms:\"%285%2Ay%29%2A%285%2Ay%29=25%2Ay%5E2\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28highlight%285y%29-2%29%285y%2Bhighlight%28-2%29%29\" Multiply the Outer terms:\"%285%2Ay%29%2A%28-2%29=-10%2Ay\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%285y%2Bhighlight%28-2%29%29%28highlight%285y%29-2%29\" Multiply the Inner terms:\"%28-2%29%2A%285%2Ay%29=-10%2Ay\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%285y%2Bhighlight%28-2%29%29%285y%2Bhighlight%28-2%29%29\" Multiply the Last terms:\"%28-2%29%2A%28-2%29=4\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we have the terms: \"25%2Ay%5E2\", \"-10%2Ay\", \"-10%2Ay\", \"4\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"25%2Ay%5E2-10%2Ay-10%2Ay%2B4\" Now add every term listed above to make a single expression.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"25y%5E2-20y%2B4\" Now combine like terms.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So \"%285y-2%29%5E2\" FOILs to \"25y%5E2-20y%2B4\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In other words, \"%285y-2%29%5E2=25y%5E2-20y%2B4\".
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