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Ch. 1 - Equations and Inequalities
Blitzer - College Algebra 8th Edition
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Capitolo 2, Problema 73

Exercises 73–75 will help you prepare for the material covered in the next section. Multiply: (7 - 3x)(- 2 - 5x)

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Identify the two binomials to be multiplied: \((7 - 3x)\) and \((-2 - 5x)\).
Apply the distributive property (also known as the FOIL method for binomials) to multiply each term in the first binomial by each term in the second binomial: multiply \(7\) by \(-2\), then \(7\) by \(-5x\), then \(-3x\) by \(-2\), and finally \(-3x\) by \(-5x\).
Write out each product explicitly: \(7 \times (-2)\), \(7 \times (-5x)\), \(-3x \times (-2)\), and \(-3x \times (-5x)\).
Simplify each product by performing the multiplication and combining constants and variables appropriately.
Combine all the simplified terms into a single expression and then combine like terms if any exist.

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