Elementary Algebra

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285194055
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-405-9

Chapter 5 - Exponents and Polynomials - 5.3 - Multiplying Polynomials - Problem Set 5.3 - Page 209: 126

Answer

9

Work Step by Step

9 different things are multiplied when the two polynomials are multiplied. However, because two different letters are multiplied every time, this will never result in the same two letters, meaning that there are no like terms and thus that there will be 9 terms in the product.
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