SOLUTION: Use the FOIL method to multiply: (4x + 2)(2x + 4) Please illustrate how this problem is done. Thanks.

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Question 738251: Use the FOIL method to multiply: (4x + 2)(2x + 4)
Please illustrate how this problem is done. Thanks.
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Use the FOIL method to multiply: (4x + 2)(2x + 4)
Please illustrate how this problem is done. Thanks.

(4x + 2)(2x + 4)
4x * 2x = 8x^2
4x * 4 = 16x
2 * 2x = 4x
2 * 4 = 8

8x^2 + 16x + 4x + 8
Combine like terms:
16x + 4x = 20x


Answer:
8x^2 + 20x + 8





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