Question

FANANDMEDAL
let f(x)=x-2 and g(x)=x^2-3x+2
find f(x)*g(x) and find f(x)-g(x)

i have to do a bunch of these and i dont understand how. my teacher didn't give us an example problem and she's out of office today. i asked it before but no one finished helping me pls help!!

Answer 1

Yes: You had this problem posted earlier, and I made a point of explaining what you had to do. What happened to those explainations?
You could tag me if you want my attention.

Answer 2

i tagged you twice and you didn't respond?

Answer 3

What questions did you have for me then?

Answer 4

i tagged you again on the other

Answer 5

Given f(x) and g(x), how do you express their product?

Given f and g, how do you express their difference?

Answer 6

What did you want from me at that point?

Answer 7

Is your previous post still o0pen?

Answer 8

oh its closed but what i asked was 1. so is it x^2 - 2 and 2. i just dont know where to start with the multiplication

Answer 9

(a+b)(c+d)=ac+ad+ ? + ? This is an example of the multiplication of binomals.

Answer 10

I applied the Distributive Property of Multiplication, multiplying (c + d) by a first:

ac + ad.

Now multiply (c + d) by b:

Answer 11

I'll work with you on this if you'd please give this your full attention.

Answer 12

im sorry my computer crashed @mathmale

Answer 13

someone help please

Answer 14

\[\large\rm f(x)=(x-2)\qquad\qquad\qquad g(x)=(x^2-3x+2)\]So then,\[\large\rm f(x)\cdot g(x)=(x-2)(x^2-3x+2)\]
Mmm k this is going to be a bit of a doozy,
let's see...

Answer 15

We would start by giving this x in the first set of brackets, to each term in the next set of brackets.