Expand the brackets? (x+4)(2x-3)

Create a smiling face with arrows between the terms and then go through and multiply the terms together.(Diagram of the smiling face)(x+4)(2x-3) = 2x2 - 12 - 3x + 8x = 2x2 + 5x - 12Then simply reorganise the answer to give it in ascending powers of x.

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