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To expand and solve the expression , follow these steps:
Step 1: Apply the distributive property to the expression.
We distribute each term in to each term in .
Step 2: Calculate the products:
- First, distribute to both and :
- Next, distribute to both and :
- Finally, distribute to both and :
Step 3: Combine all the terms from the above calculations:
.
Step 4: Simplify by combining like terms:
- Combine and to get .
Therefore, the expanded expression is:
.
This corresponds to choice .
Hence, the correct expanded expression is .
It is possible to use the distributive property to simplify the expression below?
What is its simplified form?
\( (ab)(c d) \)
\( \)
Because you multiply every term in the first expression by every term in the second! With having 3 terms and having 2 terms, you get 3 × 2 = 6 products initially.
Write out each multiplication step clearly! For example: . Remember that negative times negative equals positive, and negative times positive equals negative.
These are like terms because they both contain xy. When combining: . Think of it as .
FOIL only works for two binomials (expressions with exactly 2 terms each). Since has 3 terms, you must use the full distributive property instead.
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