Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321955048
ISBN 13: 978-0-32195-504-3

Chapter 10 - Review - Page 728: 58

Answer

$x^2+9x+20$

Work Step by Step

The distributive property is $a(b+c)=a\cdot b+a\cdot c$ $\begin{aligned}(x+4)(x+5)&=x(x+5)+4(x+5)\\&=x^2+5x+4x+20\\&=x^2+9x+20\end{aligned}$
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