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Section 5.4Multiplying Polynomials

Objectives:

• Multiply two polynomials

• Multiply binomials

• Square binomials

• Multiply the sum and difference of two terms

• Evaluate polynomial functions

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Multiply two Polynomials: Monomials:

Monomial and polynomial:

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Multiply two Polynomials: In General:

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Multiply Binomials: Special "trick": FOIL ﴾or FIOL or LIFO or FILO or...﴿

Try it!

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Squaring Binomials: What it isn't:

What it is:

Geometrically:

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Squaring Binomials: Multiply:

Does anyone see a pattern ﴾think about the geometric meaning﴿?

Square of a Binomial

Do NOT do:

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Multiply the sum and difference of two terms:Multiply:

Does anyone see a pattern ﴾what happens to O and I﴿?

Product of the Sum and Difference of Two Terms

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For the following polynomial function, evaluate for the given values:

Evaulating Polynomial Functions: