SOLUTION: Please help me solve this. I tried to FOIL, but I do not foil well. Write a quadratic equation that has the solutions 2 and 8.

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Question 524171: Please help me solve this. I tried to FOIL, but I do not foil well.
Write a quadratic equation that has the solutions 2 and 8.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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Write a quadratic equation that has the solutions 2 and 8.
FOIL (x-2)(x-8) = x^2 - 8x - 2x + 16, combine like terms: x^2 - 10x + 16