(4x^2 y^2 + 8x^3 y^5) / (2x y^2) = 4x^2 y^2 / 2x y^2 + 8x^3 y^5 / 2x y^2 = 2x + 4x^2 y^3
Therefore, a = 1, b = 0, c = 2 and d = 3
The closest answer is 22 inches
To factor this out, I would actually multiply the (x+3)(x-2) first just so that we can have less parenthesis everywhere. Now, the problem is 2(x²+x-6) + 4(x-2). If we expand these parenthesis, we'll get 2x²+2x-12+4x-8. The simplified version of this is 2x²+6x-20, or 2(x²+3x-10). We can factor the parenthesis to 2(x-2)(x+5), which is the final answer.
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