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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 .
\( (x+y)(x-y)= \)
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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