What is the standard form of y= (2x+14)(x-7)?

1 Answer
Dec 23, 2016

y = 2x^2 - 98

or

y = 2x^2 + 0x - 98

Explanation:

To transform this equation to the standard form we must cross multiply each term in the right parenthesis by each term in the left parenthesis:

y = (color(red)(2x) * color(blue)(x)) + (color(red)(2x) * color(blue)(-7)) + (color(red)(14) * color(blue)(x)) + (color(red)(14) * color(blue)(-7))

y = 2x^2 - 14x + 14x - 98

We can now group like terms:

y = 2x^2 color(green)(- 14x + 14x) - 98

y = 2x^2 color(green)(- 0) - 98

y = 2x^2 - 98