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OpenStudy (hellokitty17):

Choose the correct simplification of the expression (2x - 6)(3x2 - 3x - 6).

OpenStudy (misty1212):

HI!!

OpenStudy (hellokitty17):

hey

OpenStudy (misty1212):

looks perfectly simple to me !

OpenStudy (misty1212):

do they mean "multiply" perhaps?

oregonduck (oregonduck):

they mean what they mean

OpenStudy (hellokitty17):

yea

oregonduck (oregonduck):

(2x - 6)(3x2 - 3x - 6) 6x^3 - 6x^2 - 12x - 18x^2 + 18x + 36 6x^3 - 24x^2 + 6x + 36 You do a concept similar to FOILing. Just go in the same order. done

OpenStudy (misty1212):

ok then multiply everything in the second parentheses \(3x^2-3x-6\) by \(2x\)

oregonduck (oregonduck):

beat that and i am a 6th grader

OpenStudy (misty1212):

then multiply it all by \(-6\)

OpenStudy (misty1212):

then combine like terms

oregonduck (oregonduck):

the answer is d is what she means

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