Actually evaluate or simplify an algebraic expression

Question:Actually evaluate or simplify an algebraic expression

Posted: Lal 20

January 18 2015

When I write in maple the following:

x*(x+y)

What do I need to write to make maple make the operation that will evaluate the expression and show the following?

x^2+x*y

simplify(%) or evaluate(%) only shows it the same way it was inputted to start with.

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