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OpenStudy (godlovesme):

http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/54b30010e4b0dbc68aff12a7 @FibonacciChick666

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

So, it's just foiling sort of

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

when you use FOIL, you are essentially distributing each term of a polynomial to another

OpenStudy (godlovesme):

does it need to have like variables?

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

oh oh oh wait, I thought that was a multiplication sign. Nope this is even easier

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

\[(7x2y+6xy2−3xy)−(4x2y−2xy2+5xy)\] Correct?

OpenStudy (godlovesme):

yes

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

ok so can you find the like terms? The terms with the exact same variable combinations?

OpenStudy (godlovesme):

first we distribute the -ve sign?

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

yes you can

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

please do

OpenStudy (godlovesme):

hang on i'm solving :)

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

okee dokey

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

and just because this bothered me, here we go \[(7x^2y+6xy^2−3xy)−(4x^2y−2xy^2+5xy)\]

OpenStudy (godlovesme):

\[(3x^2y+8xy^2-8xy)\] :D

OpenStudy (godlovesme):

? @FibonacciChick666

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

yep, looks right

OpenStudy (godlovesme):

thanks for ur help u r awesome :)

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

np, good job doing the work

OpenStudy (godlovesme):

thanks

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