document.write( "Question 70210: What expression represents the product of 3 less than twice x and 2 more than the quantity 3 times x? \n" ); document.write( "
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What expression represents the product of 3 less than twice x and 2 more than\r\n" );
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document.write( "the product of 3 less than twice x and 2 more than the quantity 3 times x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that it is in the form of\r\n" );
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document.write( "The product of        and       .\r\n" );
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document.write( "In the first blank we have \"3 less than twice x\"\r\n" );
document.write( "So we start with \"twice x\", which is 2x, and then we\r\n" );
document.write( "make it 3 less by subtracting 3 from it. So we\r\n" );
document.write( "have 2x - 3 to go in the first blank.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In the second blank we have  \r\n" );
document.write( "\"2 more than the quantity 3 times x\"\r\n" );
document.write( "So we start with the quantity \"3 times x\" or 3x, and\r\n" );
document.write( "then we make it 2 more by adding 2 onto it. So we\r\n" );
document.write( "have 3x + 2 in the second blank.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Fill in the blanks:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The product of 2x - 3 and 3x + 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To get the product of these, we multiply them.\r\n" );
document.write( "Since they have more than one term we must first \r\n" );
document.write( "enclose them in parentheses and then write them \r\n" );
document.write( "side by side:\r\n" );
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document.write( "(2x - 3)(3x + 2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the answer.\r\n" );
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