Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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ISBN 10: 0-13446-914-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-13446-914-0

Chapter P - Section P.4 - Polynomials - Exercise Set - Page 57: 104

Answer

does not make sense.

Work Step by Step

Although the methodology of FOIL can be used for the multiplication of polynomials, each letter in "FOIL" represents only one term of a product. Strictly speaking, FOIL has only 4 terms and applies only to the product of two binomials. Thus, the statement does not make sense.
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