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OpenStudy (bfwjrwilliams):

multiplication- (x^2+5x-14)(x/7)

OpenStudy (bfwjrwilliams):

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

.hmmmm I see (x^2+5x-14)(x+7) not (x/7) though but the multiplication is very straightforward you can simply multiply "x" times the trinomial then +7 times the same trinomial and then add/subtract any like-terms

OpenStudy (bfwjrwilliams):

yes you are right i typed it wrong

OpenStudy (bfwjrwilliams):

could you work it out for me

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

well \(\bf \begin{array}{rllll} x^2+5x-14 \\ \quad \\ \qquad \times \qquad x+7 \\\hline\\ \square ?+\square ?+\square ?\\ \square ?+\square ?+\square ? \end{array}\) there, just like any simple multiplication do the "x" first, for the 1st line of results do the "7" next, for the 2nd line of results combine them

OpenStudy (bfwjrwilliams):

omg that helped so much

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

yw

OpenStudy (bfwjrwilliams):

would i do the same thing for addimg and subtraction

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

ahmm nope adding and substraction are even simpler all you have to do is remove the parentheses and combine them keeping in mind that, when a parentheses has a - is really a -1 or -1* so (a+b) - (c+d) is really (a + b) -1 * (c + d) which is (a + b) -c -d or a +b -c -d so... in this case \(\bf (x^2+5x-14)-(x+7)\implies (x^2+5x-14)-1\cdot (x+7) \\ \quad \\ (x^2+5x-14)-x-7\implies x^2+5x-14-x-7\)

OpenStudy (bfwjrwilliams):

oh wow

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