GED Math : FOIL
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Example Question #41 : Foil
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There are several ways to solve this problem. We shall keep it so the solution is accessible to FOIL.
This requires an extra step as opposed to more common FOIL questions. Here one is not tasked to multiply two binomials, but two binomials AND a monomial. Multiplication is commutative, meaning we can multiply the terms in any order. It would help to multiply the monomial, x, by one of the binomials, to get it into the form that can be used with FOIL.
So,
Then, 
Simplified, we have
Example Question #932 : Ged Math
Multiply
Even though the expression uses letters in the place where it is common to find numbers, we should recognize it is still the multiplication of two binomials, and the FOIL process can be used here.
F:
O:
I:
L:
So we have
Example Question #43 : Foil
Expand the expression
You can use the FOIL method to expand the expression
F:First
O: Outer
I: Inner
L:Last
L-Last
F:
O:
I:
L:
Example Question #71 : Quadratic Equations
Simplify the following with FOIL
Remember, FOIL stands for First-Outer-Inner-Last
Multiply the first terms
Multiply the outer terms
Multiply the inner terms
Multiply the last terms
Now we simply add them all together
And combine like-terms
Example Question #41 : Foil
Expand:
None of the above
We distribute each term in each parentheses to the terms of the other parentheses.
We get:
Which Simplifies:
We will arrange these from highest to lowest power, and adding a sign in between terms based on the coefficient of each term:
So, the answer is
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