I would prolly distribute the number on the outside of the parenthesis into the first pair of parenthesis but keep the parenthesis there, so for #17 it would turn out to be (2x-2)(x+2),
and then use foil (first outer inner last). so then #17 is 2x^2 + 4x - 2x - 4
and then you'd combine like terms to get the answer: <u>2x^2 + 2x -4</u>