document.write( "Question 109599: Multiply\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #79879 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4x%282x%5E2%2Bx%2B1%29%2B1%282x%5E2%2Bx%2B1%29\" Expand the expression. Remember for something like \"%28a%2Bb%29%28c%2Bd%2Be%29\" it expands to \"a%28c%2Bd%2Be%29%2Bb%28c%2Bd%2Be%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"8x%5E3%2B4x%5E2%2B4x%2B2x%5E2%2Bx%2B1\" Multiply\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"8x%5E3%2B6x%5E2%2B5x%2B1\" Combine like terms\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So \"%284x%2B1%29%282x%5E2%2Bx%2B1%29\" expands and simplifies to \"8x%5E3%2B6x%5E2%2B5x%2B1\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In other words, \"%284x%2B1%29%282x%5E2%2Bx%2B1%29=8x%5E3%2B6x%5E2%2B5x%2B1\"\r
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