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Multiplying Polynomials Handout - Commack Schools

Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses and simplify. Example: 3a. 3 (2a. 4-4a. 5) = 3a ·2a. 4 – 3a ·4a = (3·2)a. 3+4 – (3·4)a. 3+5 = 6a. 7 – 12a. 8. Simplify the following: 1. 2(x-7) 2x-14 2. 2-6(3h+5) -18h-30 3 3. 2x(x+20) 22x2+40x 2 4. 27x(6x+4y) 242x +28xy 5. 23n (n2-6n) 43n -18n3 6. 2x3(3k +5k-4) 6x3k2+10x3k-8x 7.