Question

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Find the two products below. Compare and contrast, in complete sentences, the similarities and differences of the two.

(x + 6)(x − 6) and (x − 6)(x − 6)

Answer 1

Okay, I'm not going to find the products because you should be able to do that on your own. I'm assuming you know of FOIL? Let me know if you don't, and I can teach you.

Once you've foiled, just explain the differences. There will be a couple differences, especially including the fact that the first set of terms contains opposite signs :)

Answer 2

I kinda get foil but I dont understand what foil stands for, and my mom is bugging me out about getting off my computer so im getting entirley distracted and i have adhd so its hard for me to concentrate

Answer 3

Alright, no problem. I can explain this for you; hopefully it'll be easy for you to understand. I understand the distractions :)

Answer 4

Thank you so much for understanding @RPguy

Answer 5

\[x ^{2}-36\]

Answer 6

\[x^{2}-12x+36\]

Answer 7

I dont understand where the 36 and 12 are coming from @sakigirl

Answer 8

if you use foil

Answer 9

FOIL stands for First - Outside - Inside - Last
So let's take one of your equations: (x − 6)(x − 6)

FOIL tells us to multiply the First 2 terms, the outside 2 terms, the Inside 2 terms, and the last 2 terms, and then add them all together

So therefore,
First:
x×x
Outside:
x×−6
Inside:
−6
and Last:
(−6)×(−6)

Once we've done that, we're going to add all those terms together, so that will give us

x2−6x−6x+36
which can be simplified to
x2−12x+36

Answer 10

Inside should say "-6 x X"