I think this is the right place to post this, if it isn't I'm very sorry.
Now I thought I understood FOIL, 'First, Outer, Inner Last' and so forth, and on the math site I was using I understood all their examples untill it came up with
(x + 1)(x - 2) = x^2 - x - 2
I just don't understand this. I keep trying it and I keep coming up with,
x^2 - 2x + x - 2
I'm sure it's some amazing stupidity on my part but I just cant see how they get their answer. It there something I'm missing that has to do with FOIL? Or am I just missing something in the problem itself?
Now I thought I understood FOIL, 'First, Outer, Inner Last' and so forth, and on the math site I was using I understood all their examples untill it came up with
(x + 1)(x - 2) = x^2 - x - 2
I just don't understand this. I keep trying it and I keep coming up with,
x^2 - 2x + x - 2
I'm sure it's some amazing stupidity on my part but I just cant see how they get their answer. It there something I'm missing that has to do with FOIL? Or am I just missing something in the problem itself?