How do you multiply (7x-y)(8x+9y)?

1 Answer
Dec 4, 2015

=color(blue)(56x^2 + 55xy -9y^2

Explanation:

(color(blue)(7x)-color(purple)(y))(8x+9y)

= color(blue)((7x) * (8x) + (7x) * (9y) )+ color(purple)( (-y) * (8x) + (-y) * (9y)

=56x^2 + 63xy -8xy -9y^2

=color(blue)(56x^2 + 55xy -9y^2