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Monday, 11/25/2013. AA.13 – Multiplying Binomials (Special case). How Angelica resolved her challenge during her Learning Conference:. Angelica made a smart move!. Angelica looked for an example ( Amsco page 455) that would be helpful……and she saw this. EXAMPLE. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Monday, 11/25/2013
AA.13 – Multiplying Binomials (Special case)
How Angelica resolved her challenge during her Learning Conference:
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Angelica made a smart move!Angelica looked for an example (Amsco page 455) that would be helpful……and she saw this
Angelica observed the example for about 5 seconds. Then, she wrote…..
EXAMPLE
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But, what’s next……?
Hmm….Doesn’t this look familiar to Eric’s problem?
Angelica thought
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Let’s recall how Eric used the mnemonic device “FOIL”…..
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Angelica was like “Oh!”, and then……
When she applied “FOIL”
After combined like terms to simplify
After rewriting in an equivalent form
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Our Take-Away
When we see
Angelica
Eric
* When we encounter a challenge problem and unsure where to begin, we can try looking for a similar example from a textbook*
Rewrite as:
Apply “FOIL”