Multiply Binomials Using the COLUMN Method

question 62

Essay

Multiply binomials using the COLUMN method.

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Definitions:

Magnetic Stripes

Patterns of magnetic anomalies found on the ocean floor, parallel to mid-ocean ridges, that record reversals of the Earth's magnetic field.

Triple Junction

The place where three tectonic plates, and three plate-tectonic boundaries, meet.

Plate Boundaries

The edges where two tectonic plates meet, which can be sites of significant geological activity like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Slab Pull

A tectonic process where a cold, dense oceanic plate is pulled beneath a lighter continental or oceanic plate at a subduction zone, driving plate tectonics.