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What is (fg)(x)(f * g)(x)?\newlinef(x)=2xf(x) = 2x\newlineg(x)=x2+2xg(x) = x^2 + 2x\newlineWrite your answer as a polynomial or a rational function in simplest form.\newline______

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Q. What is (fg)(x)(f * g)(x)?\newlinef(x)=2xf(x) = 2x\newlineg(x)=x2+2xg(x) = x^2 + 2x\newlineWrite your answer as a polynomial or a rational function in simplest form.\newline______
  1. Prepare for multiplication: To find the product of two functions, f(x)f(x) and g(x)g(x), we multiply them together. This is denoted as (fg)(x)=f(x)g(x)(f * g)(x) = f(x) * g(x). Given f(x)=2xf(x) = 2x and g(x)=x2+2xg(x) = x^2 + 2x, we will multiply these two expressions.
  2. Multiply f(x)f(x) by g(x)g(x): First, we write down the expressions for f(x)f(x) and g(x)g(x) to prepare for multiplication.\newlinef(x)=2xf(x) = 2x\newlineg(x)=x2+2xg(x) = x^2 + 2x\newlineNow, we multiply f(x)f(x) by g(x)g(x).\newline(2x)×(x2+2x)(2x) \times (x^2 + 2x)
  3. Distribute 2x2x: Distribute 2x2x across the terms in the parentheses.2x×x2+2x×2x2x \times x^2 + 2x \times 2x
  4. Perform multiplication for each term: Perform the multiplication for each term.\newline2x×x2=2x32x \times x^2 = 2x^3\newline2x×2x=4x22x \times 2x = 4x^2
  5. Combine multiplication results: Combine the results of the multiplication to get the final expression.\newline(2x×x2)+(2x×2x)=2x3+4x2(2x \times x^2) + (2x \times 2x) = 2x^3 + 4x^2
  6. Final expression: The final expression 2x3+4x22x^3 + 4x^2 is already in simplest form, as there are no like terms to combine and no common factors to simplify.

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