What is the coefficient of the x^2 term of the polynomial that would result from the following multiplication?(-2x + 4)(-4x + 9)The coefficient of the x^2 term is

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Brian Smith · Answer 1 · 2023-11-19T14:24:03+0000

To answer the question we first have to do the multiplication.

$\begin{gathered} (-2x+4)(-4x+9)=8x^2-18x-16x+36 \\ =8x^2-34x+36 \end{gathered}$

From the result we see that the coefficient of the x^2 term is 8.