Find the Product (2x-1/2)(2x+1/2)

$(2 x - \frac{1}{2}) (2 x + \frac{1}{2})$

Step 1

Expand $(2 x - \frac{1}{2}) (2 x + \frac{1}{2})$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$2 x (2 x + \frac{1}{2}) - \frac{1}{2} (2 x + \frac{1}{2})$

Apply the distributive property.

$2 x (2 x) + 2 x \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2} (2 x + \frac{1}{2})$

Apply the distributive property.

$2 x (2 x) + 2 x \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2} (2 x) - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$

Step 2

Simplify and combine like terms.

Simplify each term.

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$2 \cdot 2 x \cdot x + 2 x \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2} (2 x) - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$2 \cdot 2 (x \cdot x) + 2 x \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2} (2 x) - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$2 \cdot 2 x^{2} + 2 x \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2} (2 x) - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$4 x^{2} + 2 x \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2} (2 x) - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $2 x$ .

$4 x^{2} + 2 (x) \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2} (2 x) - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$

Cancel the common factor.

$4 x^{2} + 2 x \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2} (2 x) - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$

Rewrite the expression.

$4 x^{2} + x - \frac{1}{2} (2 x) - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{1}{2}$ into the numerator.

$4 x^{2} + x + \frac{- 1}{2} (2 x) - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$

Factor $2$ out of $2 x$ .

$4 x^{2} + x + \frac{- 1}{2} (2 (x)) - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$

Cancel the common factor.

$4 x^{2} + x + \frac{- 1}{2} (2 x) - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$

Rewrite the expression.

$4 x^{2} + x - 1 x - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$

Rewrite $- 1 x$ as $- x$ .

$4 x^{2} + x - x - \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$

Multiply $- \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$ .

Multiply $\frac{1}{2}$ by $\frac{1}{2}$ .

$4 x^{2} + x - x - \frac{1}{2 \cdot 2}$

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$4 x^{2} + x - x - \frac{1}{4}$

Subtract $x$ from $x$ .

$4 x^{2} + 0 - \frac{1}{4}$

Add $4 x^{2}$ and $0$ .

$4 x^{2} - \frac{1}{4}$

Find the Product (2x-1/2)(2x+1/2)

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