How do you simplify (3+ 2c ) ( 7- 4c )?
2 Answers
See a solution process below:
Explanation:
To multiply these two terms you multiply each individual term in the left parenthesis by each individual term in the right parenthesis.
We can now combine like terms:
Or in standard form:
Explanation:
"simplify means to multiply the factors together"
"each term in the second factor is multiplied by each term"
"in the first factor"
rArr(color(red)(3+2c))(7-4c)
=color(red)(3)(7-4c)color(red)(+2c)(7-4c)
"distributing the brackets gives"
=(color(red)(3)xx7)+(color(red)(3)xx-4c)+(color(red)(2c)xx7)+(color(red)(2c)xx-4c)
=21+(-12c)+14c+(-8c^2)
=21+2c-8c^2