MATHEMATICS

Product of two binomial expressions

Example:
Find the following products

(i)

(i)

(2a + 3)(a + 4)

(ii)

(x2 + y)(x y)

(2a + 3)(a + 4) = 2a(a + 4) + 3(a + 4)

= 2a + 8a + 3a + 12

(1)

STEPS
Expand

= 2a2 + 11a + 12

(2)

Remove brackets

(3)

Simplify like terms

(ii)

(x2 + y)(x y) = x2(x y) + y(x y)

= x3 x2y + yx y2

Attempt the following

(1)

(a + 2)(a + 3)

(2)

(a + 3)(a 2)

(3)

(a 5)(a 6)

(4)

(3a + 2)(4a + 1)

(5)

(7a 2)(a + 3)

(6)

(8a 3)( 4a + 3)

(7)

(x + y)(2x + 5y)

(8)

(a + b)(a + b)

(9)

(a + b)(a b)

(10) (xy + a)(xy a)

(11) (x2 + 2)(x2 + 3)

(12) (5x3 1)(6x 7)