SOLUTION: Multiply: (b+1/5)(b+1/5)
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Question 318624
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Multiply: (b+1/5)(b+1/5)
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Start with the given expression.
Now let's FOIL the expression.
Remember, when you FOIL an expression, you follow this procedure:
Multiply the
F
irst terms:
.
Multiply the
O
uter terms:
.
Multiply the
I
nner terms:
.
Multiply the
L
ast terms:
.
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So we have the terms:
,
,
,
Now add every term listed above to make a single expression.
Now combine like terms.
So
FOILs to
.
In other words,
.