SOLUTION: This is what I have so far before I got confused multiply (2r+3s)^2 1st step: (2r+3s)(2r+3s) 2nd step: 2r^2 9s^2 this is where I got confused: Do I multiply the 3s and 2r?

Algebra ->  Exponents -> SOLUTION: This is what I have so far before I got confused multiply (2r+3s)^2 1st step: (2r+3s)(2r+3s) 2nd step: 2r^2 9s^2 this is where I got confused: Do I multiply the 3s and 2r?       Log On


   



Question 695698: This is what I have so far before I got confused
multiply
(2r+3s)^2
1st step: (2r+3s)(2r+3s)
2nd step: 2r^2 9s^2
this is where I got confused:
Do I multiply the 3s and 2r? If so do I get
6s^2r^2 or 5s^2r^2

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