document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=650783>Question 650783</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help? Im a little confused with this question.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Determine the number of terms in the product of (x+y) and (a+b+c+d) without doing the multiplication. explain how you arrived at your answer. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #407475 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=407475\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Multiplying would require applying the distributive property, twice.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The result is the sum of all the possible products of a term from (x+y) times a term from (a+b+c+d). All those terems are different, so there will be no repeat products (For example, ax will appear only once in that sum).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Because there are 2 choices for the term from (x+y) and 4 choices for the term from (a+b+c+d), the number of possible products is<BR>\n" );
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