SOLUTION: I need to find the product. Please show work. Thank you! :) {{{(n + 1)^2}}}

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Question 37483: I need to find the product. Please show work. Thank you! :)
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Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We will use the FOIL method here (though a short-cut exits)
(n + 1)^2 =
(n + 1)(n + 1) =
n^2 + n + n + 1 =
n^2 + 2n + 1
FOIL stands for first-outside-inside-last and describes the way we multiply the terms of binomials, as we have here...