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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Simplify: (3x - 8) (2x - 2)

pooja195 (pooja195):

Use the FOIL method

pooja195 (pooja195):

pooja195 (pooja195):

^like that

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i don't know how to do that

OpenStudy (calculusxy):

So first, you would distribute 3x to the numbers within the second parentheses. (First, outer) Then, you would do 8 to 2x and 2. (Inner, Last)

pooja195 (pooja195):

\[\rm~(3x)(2x)+(3x)(−2)+(−8)(2x)+(−8)(−2)\]

OpenStudy (calculusxy):

Using @pooja195 's expression, multiply the terms and then simplify them.

OpenStudy (calculusxy):

*Then, you would do 8 to 2x and -2

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