Question 50574
<blockquote>I don't understand the instructions given to me. They read as follows: Find the product of the polynomials.
1. (4x-1)^2</blockquote>

polynomials are numbers like x<sup>2</sup>.  a product is the answer of a multiplication problem.  find the product of the polynomials means find the [multiplicated] answer of the polynomial problem (4x-1)<sup>2</sup>.
(4x-1)<sup>2</sup>
=(4x-1)(4x-1)
=16x<sup>2</sup>-4x-4x+1
=16x<sup>2</sup>-8x+1

you're right, and you're right!