How do you multiply (5x + 6)(7x + 7)?

1 Answer
Mar 10, 2018

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.

(color(red)(5x) + color(red)(6))(color(blue)(7x) + color(blue)(7)) becomes:

(color(red)(5x) xx color(blue)(7x)) + (color(red)(5x) xx color(blue)(7)) + (color(red)(6) xx color(blue)(7x)) + (color(red)(6) xx color(blue)(7))

35x^2 + 35x + 42x + 42

We can now combine like terms:

35x^2 + (35 + 42)x + 42

35x^2 + 77x + 42