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Example Question #51 : How To Use Foil With The Distributive Property
Distribute:
FOIL using the distributive property.
Simplify.
Example Question #51 : Distributive Property
Distribute and simplify:
To FOIL this binomial distribution, we simply distribute the terms in a specific order:
Multiply the First terms:
Multiply the Outer terms:
Multiply the Inner terms:
Multiply the Last terms:
Lastly, combine any terms that allow this (usually, but not always, the two middle terms):
Arrange your answer in descending exponential form, and you're done.
Example Question #53 : Distributive Property
What is the simplified form of ?
To FOIL this binomial distribution, we simply distribute the terms in a specific order:
Multiply the First terms:
Multiply the Outer terms:
Multiply the Inner terms:
Multiply the Last terms:
Lastly, combine any terms that allow this (usually, but not always, the two middle terms):
Arrange your answer in descending exponential form, and you're done.
Notice that this answer is also a difference of squares.
Example Question #54 : Distributive Property
Distribute and simplify:
To FOIL this binomial distribution, we simply distribute the terms in a specific order:
Multiply the First terms:
Multiply the Outer terms:
Multiply the Inner terms:
Multiply the Last terms:
Lastly, combine any terms that allow this (usually, but not always, the two middle terms):
Arrange your answer in descending exponential form, and you're done.
Example Question #55 : Distributive Property
Distribute and simplify:
To FOIL this binomial distribution, we simply distribute the terms in a specific order:
Multiply the First terms:
Multiply the Outer terms:
Multiply the Inner terms:
Multiply the Last terms:
Lastly, combine any terms that allow this (usually, but not always, the two middle terms):
Arrange your answer in descending exponential form, and you're done.
Example Question #56 : Distributive Property
Distribute and simplify:
To FOIL this binomial distribution, we simply distribute the terms in a specific order:
Multiply the First terms:
Multiply the Outer terms:
Multiply the Inner terms:
Multiply the Last terms:
Lastly, combine any terms that allow this (usually, but not always, the two middle terms):
Arrange your answer in descending exponential form, and you're done.
Example Question #52 : Distributive Property
Distribute and simplify:
To FOIL this binomial distribution, we simply distribute the terms in a specific order:
Multiply the First terms:
Multiply the Outer terms:
Multiply the Inner terms:
Multiply the Last terms:
Lastly, combine any terms that allow this (usually, but not always, the two middle terms):
Arrange your answer in descending exponential form, and you're done.
Example Question #53 : Distributive Property
Distribute and simplify:
The trick to this expression is to remember that only those terms which share both common variables AND common exponents are additive. In other words, you cannot add any more than you can add .
To FOIL this binomial distribution, we simply distribute the terms in a specific order:
Multiply the First terms:
Multiply the Outer terms:
Multiply the Inner terms:
Multiply the Last terms:
Lastly, combine any terms that allow this (usually, but not always, the two middle terms). In this case, no two terms are compatible.
Arrange your answer in descending exponential form, and you're done.
Example Question #1 : How To Use The Grid Method For Foil
The expression is equivalent to:
Use the grid method to FOIL.
Combine the like terms.
Example Question #2 : How To Use The Grid Method For Foil
Which of the following is the product of ?
Using FOIL which stands for the multiplication process between the Firsts, Outers, Inners, and Lasts, we end up with the expression
.
From there, combine the like terms to get .
Therefore the product becomes,