Given:

[tex]\[
(x+2)(x+3)
\][/tex]

Expand and simplify the expression to fill in the blanks:

[tex]\[
x^2 + [?]x + \square
\][/tex]



Answer :

Certainly! Let's expand the given expression and identify the corresponding coefficients step-by-step.

We start with the given binomials:
[tex]\[ (x+2)(x+3) \][/tex]

To expand this, we apply the distributive property (also known as the FOIL method when dealing with binomials):

1. First: Multiply the first terms of each binomial.
[tex]\[ x \cdot x = x^2 \][/tex]

2. Outside: Multiply the outer terms.
[tex]\[ x \cdot 3 = 3x \][/tex]

3. Inside: Multiply the inner terms.
[tex]\[ 2 \cdot x = 2x \][/tex]

4. Last: Multiply the last terms.
[tex]\[ 2 \cdot 3 = 6 \][/tex]

Now, we combine all these results:
[tex]\[ x^2 + 3x + 2x + 6 \][/tex]

Next, combine like terms (the [tex]\(x\)[/tex] terms):
[tex]\[ x^2 + (3x + 2x) + 6 = x^2 + 5x + 6 \][/tex]

So, the expanded form of the expression [tex]\((x+2)(x+3)\)[/tex] is:
[tex]\[ x^2 + 5x + 6 \][/tex]

From the expanded expression, we can identify the coefficients corresponding to the powers of [tex]\(x\)[/tex]:

- The coefficient of [tex]\(x^2\)[/tex] is [tex]\(1\)[/tex],
- The coefficient of [tex]\(x\)[/tex] is [tex]\(5\)[/tex],
- The constant term (coefficient of [tex]\(x^0\)[/tex]) is [tex]\(6\)[/tex].

Therefore, the expression [tex]\((x+2)(x+3)\)[/tex] expands to:
[tex]\[ x^2 + 5x + 6 \][/tex]

This means the answer to fill in the blanks is:
[tex]\[ \begin{array}{l}(x+2)(x+3) \\ x^2+[5]x+6\end{array} \][/tex]

So, the missing coefficients are [tex]\(5\)[/tex] and [tex]\(6\)[/tex].

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