SOLUTION: WHat is (x - 5)(x + 3)? please show work and use the FOIL Method.

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Question 892860: WHat is (x - 5)(x + 3)? please show work and use the FOIL Method.
Answer by algebrahouse.com(1659) About Me  (Show Source):
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(x - 5)(x + 3)
= x(x) + x(3) - 5(x) - 5(3) {used foil method}
= x² + 3x - 5x - 15 {multiplied through}
= x² - 2x - 15 {combined like terms}

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