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Expand!&!Simplify!Double!Brackets!
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Work!out!the!following:!
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Simplify!the!following!expressions:!
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Expand:!
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5(! + 8)!
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Expand!and!simplify!the!following:!
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(! + 3)(! + 5)!!
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(! + 10)(! + 2)!
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(! + 6)(! + 3)!!
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(! + 9)(! + 11)!
(! + !)(! + !)!
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Expand!and!simplify!the!following:!
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(! 3)(! 2)!!
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(! 7)(! 5)!!
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(! 9)(! 10)!
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(! 11)(! 1)!
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Expand!and!simplify!the!following:!
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(! + 6)(! 2)!!
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(! 10)(! + 4)!
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(! + 8)(! 6)!!
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(! 9)(! + 10)!
(! + !)(! !)!
(! + 3)(! 3)!

!(! + )!
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Expand!and!simplify!the!following:!
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(! 3)(! 8)!!
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(! 4)(! + 10)!
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(! + 5)(! + 8)! !
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(! 100)(! 10)!
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(! + 11)(! 2)!
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(! + 20)(! 2)!
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Write!an!expression!for!the!area!of!the!rectangle!shown!below.!!
Your!answer!should!have!no!brackets!in!it.!

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Try!to$explain!to!Jessica!all!the!mistakes!she!has!made!and!what!she!should!have!done!
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Expand$and$simplify$
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x2 !+ 2x

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+2 4 = 8!not!+8!
4! + 2! = 2!!not!6x!
6! + 8!cannot!be!simplified!
(There!are!other!mistakes!too!that!follow!on!from!these)!

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