How do you simplify (p+2)(p+6)(p+2)(p+6)?

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George C.
Oct 1, 2016

(p+2)(p+6) = p^2+8p+12(p+2)(p+6)=p2+8p+12

Explanation:

If you find it helpful you can use the FOIL ("First", "Outside", "Inside", "Last") mnemonic to enumerate all the combinations of terms from the two binomial factors:

(p+2)(p+6) = overbrace((p*p))^"First" + overbrace((p*6))^"Outside" + overbrace((2*p))^"Inside" + overbrace((2*6))^"Last"

color(white)((p+2)(p+6)) = p^2+6p+2p+12

color(white)((p+2)(p+6)) = p^2+8p+12

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