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2. Section 3.2
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Exercise 96 Page 188

Practice makes perfect
a Although it may look complicated, notice that this is an application of the Distributive Property.
2x(3x-4)
2x(3x)-2x(4)
6x^2-8x
b We want to simplify the expression by multiplying the binomials. To do so, we will apply the Distributive Property.
(x+3)(2x-5)
x(2x-5)+3(2x-5)
2x^2-5x+3(2x-5)
2x^2-5x+6x-15
2x^2+x-15
c We want to simplify the expression by multiplying the binomials. To do so, we will apply the Distributive Property.
(2x+5)(2x-5)
2x(2x-5)+5(2x-5)
4x^2-10x+5(2x-5)
4x^2-10x+10x-25
4x^2-25
d We want to multiply the given expression. To do so, we will apply the Distributive Property. Notice that this time we have to multiply three terms instead of two,

but the procedure is similar. We will just multiply them two at a time.

We will also add additional brackets to mark the selected pairs.
x(2x+1)(x-3) ⇕ [x(2x+1)](x-3)
[x(2x+1)](x-3)
[2x^2+x](x-3)
2x^2(x-3)+x(x-3)
2x^3-6x^2+x(x-3)
2x^3-6x^2+x^2-3x
2x^3-5x^2-3x