Question

Write the product as a trinomial.(k – 1)(k – 4)

Answer 1

(k - 1)(k - 4)

Use FOIL to solve this.

First
k * k
Outer
k * -4
Inner
-1 * k
Last
-1 * -4

k^2 - 4k - 1k + 4

k^2 - 5k + 4 is the trinomial.