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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can someone explain how you can use the distributive property to check the binomial factors when a trinomial has been factored. Include an example in your explanation.. Help me (:

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You mean check your answer once you factored a problem to see if it matches the original equation?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

like x^2 + 5x + 4 factors to (x+4)(x+1) Are you asking how to use (x+4)(x+1) to get x^2+5x+4?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

just foil out what ryan said.

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