Multiplying Polynomials - Methods

3 Methods-

Multiplying vertically:
You put one of the polynomials above the other and multiply one term at a time. You multiply the same as when you are multiplying: 47 times 36.

Horizontal Method:
You start out with this method by setting up the two polynomials, and then you multiple the first time in the first polynomial by the first one in the second polynomial. Then you multiply the first term in the first polynomial by the second term in the second polynomial. It is distributing. Then you do that for all of the terms.

Foil:
This method only works when multiplying binomials.
You start out the same way as the horizontal method, and then once you have multiplied all of the terms together, you combine like terms.