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Expand (2x + 3)^5 can you please show your work because i am still very confused on how to do this.

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Product of two binomials.
You can use the FOIL method which means First, Outer, Inner, Last.
Essentially, you are multiplying (2x+3) by itself, 5 times.
It is a very cumbersome solution, but at the end I have this answer:

32x^5+250x^4+720x^3+1080x^2+810x+243
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