The Distributive Property helps with mental math and should be taught to children as a method to multiply much quicker in their heads.
The method is FOIL for First Outside Inside Last
(x3+x2)(x+1) <--- think of the (x+1) as a separate term and distribute
x3(x+1) + x2(x+1) <---intermediate step not usually written
x3(x) + x3(1) + x2(x) + x2(1) <---multiply and collect like terms
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x4 + 2x3 + x2
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You just multiply the term to the polynomials and you combine lije terms
The distributive property of multiplication over addition.
To apply the distributive property to an algebraic expression, you multiply each term inside the parentheses by the number or variable outside the parentheses. For example, to simplify 2(x + 3), you would multiply 2 by both x and 3, resulting in 2x + 6.
The distributive property involves both a multiplication and an addition.
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