SPECIAL PRODUCTS

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➣ DIRECTIONS:

Make a pattern for the following special products.

➣ ANSWERS:

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➣ SOLUTION:

The patterns for special products can be proved by multiplying the polynomial factors itself using the distributive property of multiplication, or for the case of two binomials — the FOIL method.

#1.

• FIRST:
• OUTER:
• INNER:
• LAST:

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#2.

• FIRST:
• OUTER:
• INNER:
• LAST:

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#3.

• FIRST:
• OUTER:
• INNER:
• LAST:

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