How do you expand and simplify $(2x-3) (3x+4)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-28T02:59:16

The expanded and simplified version of $(2x-3)(3x+4)$ is $6x^2-x-12$ .

Expanding

A good way to memorize the order of expanding is through the acronym: FOIL -> First, outside, inside, last. This is useful for binomial expressions.

$(2x-3)(3x+4)$
$=6x^2+8x-9x-12$
$=6x^2-x-12$

Simplifying means to combine like terms, and I've already done that when expanding.

Therefore, the expanded and simplified version of $(2x-3)(3x+4)$ is $6x^2-x-12$ .

Hope this helps :)

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