document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1093852>Question 1093852</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you please help with the following problem, i am really struggling:<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Multiply and simplify: (2&#119909;^2 + 3&#119909; + 6)(6&#119909;^2 + &#119909; &#8722; 6) \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 #708470 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=708470\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you use the distributive law of multiplication.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that law states:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a * (b + c) = a*b + a*c\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( "here's my worksheet using this law on your problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this particular problem would generically be as follows:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a + b + c) * (d + e + f)\r\n" );
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document.write( "equals    a * (d + e + f) \r\n" );
document.write( "        + b * (d + e + f)\r\n" );
document.write( "        + c * (d + e + f)\r\n" );
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document.write( "which equals     (a*d) + (a*e) + (a*f)\r\n" );
document.write( "               + (b*d) + (b*e) + (b*f)\r\n" );
document.write( "               + (c*d) + (c*e) + (c*f)\r\n" );
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document.write( "which equals     ad + ae + af\r\n" );
document.write( "               + bd + be + bf\r\n" );
document.write( "               + cd + ce + cf\r\n" );
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document.write( "the rest was just combining like terms.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to test if you did it correctly, then choose a random value for x and evaluate the original expression and the final expression.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if they both come up with the same answer, then you did good.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i used x = 25 and came up with 5016539 using both the original expression and the final expression, so i think i did good.\r<BR>\n" );
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