GCSE Maths Practice: expanding-brackets

Question 8 of 10

This question practices expanding brackets where the second bracket contains a negative number.

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\( \begin{array}{l}\textbf{Expand and simplify the expression:} \\ (x + 8)(x - 5)\end{array} \)

Choose one option:

\( x^2 + 3x - 40 \) \( x^2 + 8x - 40 \) \( x^2 + 3x - 45 \)

Pay attention to negative signs when combining x-terms after multiplication.

Use FOIL systematically and combine like terms carefully to get the simplified result.

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