Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}(x+y+1)^3& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}x^3+3x^2y+3xy^2+y^3+3x^2+6xy+3y^2+3x+3y+1\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply each term of $ \left( \color{blue}{x+y+1}\right) $ by each term in $ \left( x+y+1\right) $. $$ \left( \color{blue}{x+y+1}\right) \cdot \left( x+y+1\right) = x^2+xy+x+xy+y^2+y+x+y+1 $$ |
| ② | Combine like terms: $$ x^2+ \color{blue}{xy} + \color{red}{x} + \color{blue}{xy} +y^2+ \color{green}{y} + \color{red}{x} + \color{green}{y} +1 = x^2+ \color{blue}{2xy} +y^2+ \color{red}{2x} + \color{green}{2y} +1 $$ |
| ③ | Multiply each term of $ \left( \color{blue}{x^2+2xy+y^2+2x+2y+1}\right) $ by each term in $ \left( x+y+1\right) $. $$ \left( \color{blue}{x^2+2xy+y^2+2x+2y+1}\right) \cdot \left( x+y+1\right) = \\ = x^3+x^2y+x^2+2x^2y+2xy^2+2xy+xy^2+y^3+y^2+2x^2+2xy+2x+2xy+2y^2+2y+x+y+1 $$ |
| ④ | Combine like terms: $$ x^3+ \color{blue}{x^2y} + \color{red}{x^2} + \color{blue}{2x^2y} + \color{green}{2xy^2} + \color{orange}{2xy} + \color{green}{xy^2} +y^3+ \color{blue}{y^2} + \color{red}{2x^2} + \color{red}{2xy} + \color{green}{2x} + \color{red}{2xy} + \color{blue}{2y^2} + \color{orange}{2y} + \color{green}{x} + \color{orange}{y} +1 = \\ = x^3+ \color{blue}{3x^2y} + \color{green}{3xy^2} +y^3+ \color{red}{3x^2} + \color{red}{6xy} + \color{blue}{3y^2} + \color{green}{3x} + \color{orange}{3y} +1 $$ |