Multiply: $(4 + x)(x^2 + 2x +3)$ How would I solve this:
Multiply:  $(4 + x)(x^2 + 2x +3)$

This question, as you probably know, requires the use of the distributive property. To use JavaMan's suggestion $$(a + b) \cdot c = a \cdot c + b \cdot c$$ 
Let "a + b" be your $4 + x$ and let "c" be your $x^2 + 2x + 3$ 
Then we need to multiply $a \cdot c$, or $4 \cdot (x^2 + 2x + 3)$, and add it to 
$b \cdot c$, which is $x \cdot (x^2 + 2x + 3)$ 
So $$ a\cdot c + b \cdot c = [4\cdot (x^2 + 2x +3)] + [x \cdot (x^2 + 2x + 3)]$$
After taking these steps, combine like terms and write the result in order of decreasing exponents (for convention's sake)
