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    To expand and simplify an expression means: 1) To multiply out any terms within brackets to remove the brackets, and 2) Then simplify the resulting expression by collecting like terms. Expanding brackets is the reverse process of factorizing. When expanding, everything outside the bracket is multiplied by everything inside the bracket. Once expanded, like terms such as similar variables and coefficients can be combined.

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    To expand and simplify an expression means: 1) To multiply out any terms within brackets to remove the brackets, and 2) Then simplify the resulting expression by collecting like terms. Expanding brackets is the reverse process of factorizing. When expanding, everything outside the bracket is multiplied by everything inside the bracket. Once expanded, like terms such as similar variables and coefficients can be combined.

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    To expand and simplify an expression means: 1) To multiply out any terms within brackets to remove the brackets, and 2) Then simplify the resulting expression by collecting like terms. Expanding brackets is the reverse process of factorizing. When expanding, everything outside the bracket is multiplied by everything inside the bracket. Once expanded, like terms such as similar variables and coefficients can be combined.

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    What does ‘expand and simplify’ mean?

    In order to expand and simplify an expression, we need to multiply out the brackets and then
    simplify the resulting expression by collecting the like terms.

    Expanding brackets (or multiplying out) is the process by which we remove brackets.

    It is the reverse process of factorisation. To expand brackets we multiply everything outside of


    the bracket, by everything inside of the bracket.

    Once we have expanded the brackets we can simplify the expression by collecting the like terms.

    E.g

    If we expand and simplify


    2(x+5)+3(x−2)2(x+5)+3(x−2)

    we will get
    2(x+5)+3(x−2)=2x+10+3x−6 =5x+4
    Exercise

    1. 2(x + 5) + 3(x − 1)
    2. (2x−4)(x−9) 12. (2x−4)(x−9)

    3. (x + 5)(x − 1) 13. (x + 3)2 (x − 1)


    4. 2(x + 5) + 3(x − 2) 14. (x−3)2(2x+1)

    5. 2x(x + 6) - 3(x - 2) 15. (2x−1)3


    6. 3(x+7)−2(x+3) 16. 3(x – 2)+ 2(x + 5)

    7. 8(y−5)−5(y−2) 17. (2y – 3)(y + 2)

    8. 5x(3x−2)−4x(2x+3)

    9. 5(6x−2y)−2(8x−5y)

    10. (x + 5)(x − 1)

    11. (2x − 4)(x + 5)

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