GCSE Maths Practice: expanding-brackets

Question 8 of 10

This question practices expanding brackets with a negative coefficient in the first bracket.

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\( \text{Expand and simplify: } (2x - 1)(x + 4) \)

Choose one option:

\( 2x^2 + 7x - 4 \) \( 2x^2 + 8x - 4 \) \( 2x^2 + 7x + 4 \)

Pay careful attention to negative signs and combine x-terms correctly.

Use FOIL systematically: First, Outer, Inner, Last. Then combine like terms carefully.