document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1025756>Question 1025756</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Which expression <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "64 - x^2?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. (8-x)(8-x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. (8-x)(8+x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. (x-8)(x-8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. (x-8)(x+8) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #641053 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=641053\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> should be (8-x) * (8+x)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply them out and you get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8 * 8 + 8 * x - x * 8 - x * x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify to get 64 + 8x - 8x - x^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "combine like terms to get 64 - x^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the + 8x and the - 8x cancel each other out.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you are using the distributive law of multiplication that says.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a + b) * (c + d) = a * c + a * d + b * c + b * d\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify this and you get ac + ad + bc + bd\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "every term in the multiplier needs to multiply every term in the multiplicand one time.\r<BR>\n" );
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