Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
$$ \begin{aligned}(x+1)(x+2)(x+3)(x+4)& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}(x^2+2x+x+2)(x+3)(x+4) \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}(x^2+3x+2)(x+3)(x+4) \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}(x^3+3x^2+3x^2+9x+2x+6)(x+4) \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}(x^3+6x^2+11x+6)(x+4) \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle5}{\textcircled {5}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle6}{\textcircled {6}} } }}}x^4+10x^3+35x^2+50x+24\end{aligned} $$ | |
① | Multiply each term of $ \left( \color{blue}{x+1}\right) $ by each term in $ \left( x+2\right) $. $$ \left( \color{blue}{x+1}\right) \cdot \left( x+2\right) = x^2+2x+x+2 $$ |
② | Combine like terms: $$ x^2+ \color{blue}{2x} + \color{blue}{x} +2 = x^2+ \color{blue}{3x} +2 $$ |
③ | Multiply each term of $ \left( \color{blue}{x^2+3x+2}\right) $ by each term in $ \left( x+3\right) $. $$ \left( \color{blue}{x^2+3x+2}\right) \cdot \left( x+3\right) = x^3+3x^2+3x^2+9x+2x+6 $$ |
④ | Combine like terms: $$ x^3+ \color{blue}{3x^2} + \color{blue}{3x^2} + \color{red}{9x} + \color{red}{2x} +6 = x^3+ \color{blue}{6x^2} + \color{red}{11x} +6 $$ |
⑤ | Multiply each term of $ \left( \color{blue}{x^3+6x^2+11x+6}\right) $ by each term in $ \left( x+4\right) $. $$ \left( \color{blue}{x^3+6x^2+11x+6}\right) \cdot \left( x+4\right) = x^4+4x^3+6x^3+24x^2+11x^2+44x+6x+24 $$ |
⑥ | Combine like terms: $$ x^4+ \color{blue}{4x^3} + \color{blue}{6x^3} + \color{red}{24x^2} + \color{red}{11x^2} + \color{green}{44x} + \color{green}{6x} +24 = x^4+ \color{blue}{10x^3} + \color{red}{35x^2} + \color{green}{50x} +24 $$ |