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ACT Math Intermediate Algebra Drill 1, Problem 2. Find the product of (2a + 6) 2 .

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And here's another shmoop de jour...

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Find the product: quantity 2a plus 6 squared.

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And here are the potential answers...

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OK so what is this question asking?

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FOIL, baby!

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Anyway... as we hopefully recall, FOIL is all about first, outside, inside, last...

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and in this case we just multiply the stuff in parentheses... by itself.

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We get quantity 2a plus 6 times 2a plus 6.

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So the 2a times 2a gets us 4a squared.

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Then the outsides are 2a times 6, which is 12a... we add this to the insides, which are

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2a times 6 for a total of 24a.

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The end is 6 times 6 which is 36...

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So the answer is E.

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