Question

Multiply: [c+1/4][c+1/2] = Simplify answer??????

Answer 1

I got c^2+3/4c+1/8????

Answer 2

\[(c+\frac{1}{4})(x+\frac{1}{2})=c^2+\frac{1}{2}c+\frac{1}{4}c+\frac{1}{8}\]
\[=c^2+\frac{3}{4}c+\frac{1}{8}\]

Answer 3

thanks so much

Answer 4

like heck you do!

Answer 5

if you multiply by 8 you get something 8 times as large!

Answer 6

\[\frac{3}{4}\neq\frac{3}{4}\times 8\]

Answer 7

I think the way you wrote it at first in fraction form is the way they want it

Answer 8

if you are solving an equation you can multiply both sides by 8. or whatever. but if you just have an expression you cannot multiply by 8!

Answer 9

it is not a matter of 'fraction form'
take the expression
\[x+3\]
multiply it by 8 you get
\[8x+24\] which is not the same at all.

Answer 10

Oh ok gotcha, I see what you are saying

Answer 11

whew. so don't do it! unless of course you are solving an equation and multiply both sides by something.