This week in math class I have learned how to FOIL when multiplying polynomials as well as using an area diagram.

FOIL is a distributive technique when multiplying polynomials together.

F: First term in each bracket  (a+b)(c+d)   first term:

O: outside terms        (a+b)(c+d)    Outside term:

I: inside terms        (a+b)(c+d)     Inside term:

L: last term in each bracket        (a+b)(c+d)   Last term:

Example:

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F: First term in each bracket

You are taking and multiplying it with the other in the other bracket which will then give you because you add the exponents when the bases are the same during multiplication.

I: Inside terms

Make sure to multiply the first term with the other term as well, everything that’s inside the other bracket, so in this case, will be multiplied with (-8) which will be .

You are now left with .

O: Outside terms

Now you have multiplied the first term with everything in the other bracket and the inside term with the other term, you now need to do the same for the outside term. In this case, you now need to multiply 8 with which will give you .

L: Last terms

Then you multiply 8 with the second term in the other bracket.

8(-8) = -64

You now put all the terms together in descending order by the exponents and collect like terms if needed.

and cancel out so you are now left with:

This is Foiling but I learned a quicker technique that you can use depending on each equation.

Example:

Instead of expanding the equation then simplifying, you just need to square x = , then multiply x with +7 and double it = = 14x, then square the last digit which is 7 = = 49.

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Although this way is quicker, it doesn’t use the same method for every equation. This is just a technique you can use when you are given a polynomial that has an exponent instead of expanding the equation.

The hardest part of this lesson was when I had to find the area of a rectangle/square when it had empty areas, so you had to find out the angles by subtracting then multiplying and other steps which was a little confusing but I managed to understand it.