document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1062280>Question 1062280</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please show me how to simplify this expression: (2m-4)(m^2+2m+4).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #677135 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=677135\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It is a two term expression * a 3 term expression.  There will be six terms in the answer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2m^3+4m^2+8m, are 3 of them, the 2m * (m^2+2m+4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4m^2-8m-16, are the other 3, the -4 *(m^2+2m+4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2m^3-16, combining like terms.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2(m^3-8) by factoring out a 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m^3-8 is a difference of 2 cubes, so it factors into (m-2)(m^2+2m+4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "putting the 2 in front of everything, we have 2(m-2)(m^2+2m+4) or (2m-4)(m^2+2m+4) </SPAN>\n" );
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