How do you find the product of $(8 - 9x)^2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-09T13:48:58

See the entire solution process below:

We can rewrite this expression as:

$(color(red)(8) - color(red)(9x))(color(blue)(8) - color(blue)(9x))$ which becomes:

$(color(red)(8) xx color(blue)(8)) - (color(red)(8) xx color(blue)(9x)) - (color(red)(9x) xx color(blue)(8)) + (color(red)(9x) xx color(blue)(9x))$

$64 - 72x - 72x + 81x^2$

We can now combine like terms:

$64 - (72 + 72)x + 81x^2$

$64 - 144x + 81x^2$

$81x^2 - 144x + 64$

How do you find the product of (8 - 9x)^2(8 - 9x)^2?