number and algebra
4(2x − 7) (2x + 7)
b
1
Write the expression.
b
2
Expand using the difference of two squares rule.
= 4[(2x)
− (7)
2
2
]
= 4(4x
− 49)
2
3
Multiply by 4.
= 16x
− 196
2
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of two squares rule have
1a–f, 2a–h, 3a–d, 5a–d, 6a,
1d–l, 2d–j, 3c–f, 4a–c, 5c–f, 6,
1d–l, 2f–l, 3e–i, 4, 5e–h, 6, 7,
that name?
8a–d, 9a–d, 10a–f, 11–14
7, 8c–f, 9c–f, 10, 11–17, 19
8g–l, 9e–i, 10–20
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Expand each of the following.
1
2(x + 3)
4(x − 5)
3(7 − x)
a
b
c
−(x + 3)
x(x + 2)
2x(x − 4)
d
e
f
3x(5x − 2)
5x(2 − 3x)
2x(4x + 1)
g
h
i
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(2x − 3)
(2x − 1)
(3x + 4)
2
2
2
2x
3x
5x
j
k
l
Expand each of the following.
2
WE1
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(x + 3) (x − 4)
(x + 1) (x − 3)
(x − 7) (x + 2)
a
b
c
(x − 1) (x − 5)
(2 − x) (x + 3)
(x − 4) (x − 2)
d
e
f
(2x − 3) (x − 7)
(x − 1) (3x + 2)
(3x − 1) (2x − 5)
g
h
i
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(3 − 2x) (7 − x)
(5 − 2x) (3 + 4x)
(11 − 3x) (10 + 7x)
j
k
l
Expand each of the following.
3
WE2
2(x + 1) (x − 3)
4(2x + 1) (x − 4)
−2(x + 1) (x − 7)
a
b
c
2x(x − 1) (x + 1)
3x(x − 5) (x + 5)
6x(x − 3) (x + 3)
d
e
f
−2x(3 − x) (x − 3)
−5x(2 − x) (x − 4)
6x(x + 5) (4 − x)
g
h
i
Expand each of the following.
4
(x − 1) (x + 1) (x + 2)
(x − 3) (x − 1) (x + 2)
a
b
(x − 5) (x + 1) (x − 1)
(x − 1) (x − 2) (x − 3)
c
d
(2x − 1) (x + 1) (x − 4)
(3x + 1) (2x − 1) (x − 1)
e
f
(x − 3) (x + 1) + !3x
( !2 − 3x) ( !3 + 2x) − !5x
Expand each of the following and simplify.
5
(x + 2) (x − 1) − 2x
3x − (2x − 5) (x + 2)
a
b
(2x − 3) (x + 1) + (3x + 1) (x − 2)
(3 − 2x) (2x − 1) + (4x − 5) (x + 4)
c
d
(x + 1) (x − 7) − (x + 2) (x − 3)
(x − 2) (x − 5) − (x − 1) (x − 4)
e
f
g
h
(3x − 1) (2x + 4) expands to:
6
a
MC
+ 10x − 4
− 24x + 3
+ 2x − 4
2
2
2
6x
5x
3x
a
b
C
− 10x − 4
− 4
2
2
6x
6x
d
e
273
Topic 7 • Quadratic expressions