Math 10 Week #9

This week, we talked about multiplying two binomials together. We used the distributive property to find the products of two binomials. To do this, we used the claw method, which helps us visualise the distributive property. It’s called the claw method, because, well, it looks like a claw. It’s funny. I’ve written an example in the picture below. The x in the first bracket is distributed to both terms in the second bracket. Then the 3 from the first bracket is also distributed to both terms in the second bracket.

 

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