Question

Simplify ( x+2)(x+6) using grouping

Answer 1

Solve this problem using the FOIL method; first, outside, inside, last.

Multiply the first numbers (x * x)

Multiply the outside numbers (x * 6)

Multiply the inside numbers (2 * x)

Multiply the last numbers (2 * 6)

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(x + 2)(x + 6)

x² + 6x + 2x + 12

Combine like terms.

`\boxed {x^2 + 8x + 12}`