document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=762528>Question 762528</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  I do not remember how to do polynomials. My paper says \"preform the indicated operations\" and one of the problems is (3v+1)(2v-5).  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I would wager a good deal that your paper says \"Perform the indicated operations\".   Be that as it may, use the FOIL process.  FOIL stands for First, Outside, Inside, Last.  Nothing particularly sacred about the order, it is just that OLIF, ILFO, nor any of the other combinations spell anything.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here's how the process goes in general\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE (ax\ +\ b)(cx\ +\ d)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE ax\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE cx\"> are the Firsts.  Multiply them together.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE acx^2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE ax\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE d\"> are the Outsides.  Multiply them together.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE adx\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE b\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE cx\"> are the Insides.  Multiply them together.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE bcx\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE b\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE d\"> are the Lasts.  Multiply them together.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE bd\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add up the 4 terms, collecting like terms if any:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE acx^2\ +\ (ad\ +\ bc)x\ +\ bd\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Done, given correct arithmetic.  Remember to consider the binding of the signs.  If no sign, assume positive.  The sign in front a term is bound to that term, e.g. in your problem, the second term in the second binomial is -5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<font face=\"Math1\" size=\"+2\">Egw to Beta kai to Sigma</font><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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