This math skill demonstrates how to multiply a variable by each term inside a bracket, which includes terms that are summed or subtracted. The variable outside the bracket is distributed to each term within it, and each term is then multiplied by the variable.
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Let's multiply the bracketed term, 8 minus 'Y', by 'Y'.
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'Y' is multiplied by every term inside the brackets that are separated by adding or subtracting. So we have 8 'Y' minus 'Y' squared.
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Algebra of bracketed terms multiplied by the same variable
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