document.write( "Question 616535: can you show the steps for (a-b)(2a^3-ab+3b^2) \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "I thought maybe you'd like some explanation instead of just the answer,\r\n" );
document.write( "which is probably in the back of your book.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(a - b)(2a³ - ab + 3b²)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Distribute each term in the first parentheses into the whole parenthesis\r\n" );
document.write( "on the right:\r\n" );
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document.write( "a(2a³ - ab + 3b²) - b(2a³ - ab + 3b²)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Do the two resulting distributions:\r\n" );
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document.write( "2a4 - a²b + 3ab² - 2a³b + ab² - 3b³\r\n" );
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document.write( "Collect like terms in ab²\r\n" );
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document.write( "2a4 - a²b + 4ab² - 2a³b - 3b³\r\n" );
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