The foil method is a process used in algebra to multiply two binomials.
How to do foil in math.
The lesson on the distributive property explained how to multiply a monomial or a single term such as 7 by a binomial such as 4 9x.
Outer outside terms are multiplied that is the first term of the first binomial and the second term of the.
You already know how to simplify an expression like 7 4x 3 right.
In elementary algebra foil is a mnemonic for the standard method of multiplying two binomials hence the method may be referred to as the foil method the word foil is an acronym for the four terms of the product.
Using the foil method to simplify.
To use the foil method the first thing you need to do is place each of the binomials in its own parentheses.
First first terms of each binomial are multiplied together.