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Example Question #14 : How To Use Foil With The Distributive Property
Use the FOIL method to find the product. The answer must be in standard form.
Use the FOIL method to find the product. The answer must be in standard form.
Step 1: Use the FOIL method
First:
Outside:
Inside:
Last:
Add these to find the product:
Step 2: Write the product in standard form
Standard form means the terms are written from highest degree to lowest degree. You find the degree of a term by adding the exponents in the term.
Therefore:
Example Question #15 : How To Use Foil With The Distributive Property
Simplify:
Simplify:
Expand the equation and use the FOIL method:
First:
Outside:
Inside:
Last:
Sum the terms:
Example Question #18 : Foil
Use FOIL to expand out the following product:
FOIL stands for First, Inside, Outside, Last. So multiply the first terms together:
The outside terms:
The inside terms:
and the last terms:
Now combine like terms:
Example Question #16 : Foil
When is written in its form, where , , and are integers, what is ?
In order to get the form, we must FOIL out .
FOIL is technique for distributing two binomials. The letters stand for First, Outer, Inner, and Last.
"First" stands for multiply the terms which occur first in each binomial.
"Outer" stands for multiply the outermost terms in the product.
"Inner" stands for multiply the innermost two terms.
"Last" stands for multiply the terms which occur last in each binomial.
Then, we must simplify the like terms, as shown below:
.
Here, , , while , so .
Example Question #20 : Foil
What is the product of:
Use FOIL to multiply the products.
First terms:
Outside terms:
Inside terms:
Last terms:
Now combine like terms:
Example Question #1111 : Algebra
Find the product of the two binomials:
Use FOIL (First Outside Inside Last) to multiply the binomials:
now combine like terms and you get the result:
Example Question #22 : How To Use Foil With The Distributive Property
Expand the following:
To reach the solution, use the FOIL method of the distributive property. This stands for First, Outer, Inner, Last. In this particular problem, we begin by multiplying the first two together, yielding . Then, we multiply by the outer number, which is , yielding . Next, we multiply the two inner numbers, and , yielding . Finally, we multiply the last two numbers, and , yielding . Thus, when we add all those together, the answer is .
Example Question #1112 : Algebra
Distribute:
To FOIL using the distributive property, multiply the first terms together, then the outer terms, then the inner terms, and finally, the last terms.
Example Question #1113 : Algebra
Distribute:
To FOIL using the distributive property, multiply the first terms together, then the outer terms, then the inner terms, and finally, the last terms.
Example Question #1114 : Algebra
Distribute:
FOIL using the distributive property:
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