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Clara found the product of 3 – 6y2 and y2 + 2. Her work is shown below.

(3 – 6y2)(y2 + 2) = 3(y2) + (–6y2)(2)

= 3y2 – 12y2

= –9y2

Is the student’s work correct?

No, she did not multiply –6y2 by 2 correctly.
No, she did not add 3y2 and –12y2 correctly.
No, she did not use the distributive property correctly.
Yes, she multiplied the binomials correctly.