Expand the bracket (2m−3)(m+1)
Firsts = 2m×m=2(m^2)
Outsides = 2m×1=2m
Insides = −3×m=−3m
Lasts = −3×1=−3
This gives: 2(m^2)+2m−3m−3
2m and −3m
are like terms, as they both contain the letter m.
2m−3m=−1m
which can be written as −m.
Simplifying like terms gives: 2(m^2)−m−3.