SOLUTION: Please Help! If two numbers have a sum of 9, then what polynomial represents their product?

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Question 326160: Please Help! If two numbers have a sum of 9, then what polynomial represents their product?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the two numbers be A and B.
A%2BB=9
B=9-A
Then their product is
P=AB=A%289-A%29=9A-A%5E2