IM 7.6.19 Lesson: Expanding and Factoring
Find the value of each expression mentally.
In each row, write the equivalent expression. If you get stuck, use the diagram in the applet to organize your work. The first row is provided as an example.
Diagrams are provided for the first three rows.
Expand to create an equivalent expression that uses the fewest number of terms: . If we wrote a new expression following the same pattern so that there were 20 sets of parentheses, how could it be expanded into an equivalent expression that uses the fewest number of terms?