Given the functions k(x) = 2 x squared minus 5 and p(x) = x - 3, find (k times p)(x).  The answers I have been given are :  A) 2 x squared - 6x +4    B) 2 x squared  - 12x +13.  C) 2 x squared - 2x + 18.   D) 2 x squared - 8.  When I multiplied the two functions together, I got 2x cubed - 6x squared - 5x + 15, which is not one of the answers.  Not sure what I am doing

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Given the functions k(x) = 2 x squared minus 5 and p(x) = x - 3, find (k times p)(x).  The answers I have been given are :  A) 2 x squared - 6x +4    B) 2 x squared  - 12x +13.  C) 2 x squared - 2x + 18.   D) 2 x squared - 8.  When I multiplied the two functions together, I got 2x cubed - 6x squared - 5x + 15, which is not one of the answers.  Not sure what I am doing wrong.

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