Question

If a trinomial was multiplied by another trinomial, how many new terms would you get by using the distributive property BEFORE you combine like terms with addition and subtraction?
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Answer 1

Answer:

9 terms

Step-by-step explanation:

trinomial =

ax² +bx + c

:. if (ax² +bx + c)(dx² +ex + f)

then terms would come to:

adx⁴ + aex³ + afx² + bdx³ + bex² + bfx + cdx² + cex + cf

making 9 terms in total.