document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1185162>Question 1185162</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (11z-3)(4z^2-3z-4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How do I expand the expression combining like terms and simplifying it? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #815921 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=815921\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> first do 11z*4z^2=44z^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then 11z*-3z= -33z^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and 11z*-4= -44z<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3*4z^2=-12z^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3*-3z=9z<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3*-4=12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 terms in the first *3 terms in the second =6 terms altogether.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The first and last are unique. There are two z^2 terms and two z terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the answer is 44z^3-45z^2-35z+12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can add terms only if the variable is the same<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so you can take -33z^2 and add only another z^2 term, not a z or z^3 or a constant.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "There is another z^2 term, and it is -12z^2. -33z^2=12z^2=-45 z^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are no other constant terms and no other z^3 terms, but there are z terms, -44 and 9. Those may be added.\r<BR>\n" );
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