document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=96233>Question 96233</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me.  I have 3 parts ti this question.  I have to anwer any 2 of them and cannot get the anse=wer.  This is my first time doing Intermediate Algebra.   Thank you for your help.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.  Find an example from your line of work or daily life that can be expressed as a polynomial\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.  What does FOIL stand for and what is the purpose of FOIL?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3.  What happens to the inner and outer products in the product of a sum and difference, (a + b)(a – b)? Give an example.<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 #70055 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=70055\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1) I think that you will have to find your own answer to this question but one example might be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When I hit a baseball into the air, the height, in feet, it reaches can be expressed by the polynomial:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28h%29+=+-16t%5E2%2Bv%5B0%5Dt%2Bh%5B0%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28h%29+=+-16t%5E2%2Bv%5B0%5Dt%2Bh%5B0%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2) FOIL stands for:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "F = First terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "O = Outer terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I = Inner terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = Last terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The purpose of FOIL is a mnemonic (memory aid) which reminds you of the order in which to multiply the terms of two binomials.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For example, to multiply the binomials:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282x%2B3%29%283x%2B4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282x%2B3%29%283x%2B4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > you would multiply the first term (F) of each binomial ((2x)(3x)), then the two outer terms ((2x)(4)), then the two inner terms ((3)(3x)), and finally the two last terms ((3)(4)), so it looks like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282x%2B3%29%283x%2B4%29+=+6x%5E2%2B8x%2B9x%2B12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282x%2B3%29%283x%2B4%29+=+6x%5E2%2B8x%2B9x%2B12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > then you would simplify this by combining like-terms to get:<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6x%5E2%2B17x%2B12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6x%5E2%2B17x%2B12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > as the answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3) The inner and outer products of the product of the sum and difference will add up to zero:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28a%2Bb%29%28a-b%29+=+a%5E2%2Bab-ab%2Bb%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28a%2Bb%29%28a-b%29+=+a%5E2%2Bab-ab%2Bb%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and when you combine like-terms, the +ab and -ab add up to zero so you are left with:<BR>\n" );
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