Question

What is the product of (n - 8)(n + 2)?
n2 - 10n - 16
n2 + 10n - 16
n2 + 6n - 16
n2 - 6n - 16

Answer 1

what do you think the answer is?

Answer 2

third one?

Answer 3

F - first n^2
O - outside +2n
I - inside -8n
L - last -16

the middle term is obtained by the sum of the outside + inside products.

Answer 4

hint: -8n + 2n = ?? <----this is your middle term in the trinomial.

Answer 5

the third one still