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Explanation:
To simplify a polynomial, we have to do two things: 1) combine like terms, and 2) rearrange the terms so that they're written in descending order of exponent.
First, we combine like terms, which requires us to identify the terms that can be added or subtracted from each other. Like terms always have the same variable (with the same exponent) attached to them. For example, you can add 1 "x-squared" to 2 "x-squareds" and get 3 "x-squareds", but 1 "x-squared" plus an "x" can't be combined because they're not like terms.
Let's identify some like terms below.
f(x)=−4x+3x2−7+9x−12x2−5x4
Here you can see that -4x and 9x are like terms. When we combine (add) -4x and 9x, we get 5x. So let's write 5x instead:
f(x)=5x+3x2−7−12x2−5x4
Let's do the same thing with the x-squared terms:
f(x)=5x+3x2−7−12x2−5x4
f(x)=5x−9x2−7−5x4
Now there are no like terms left. Our last step is to organize the terms so that x is written in descending power:
f(x)=−5x4−9x2+5x−7
Step-by-step explanation:
each one gets 2 and their will be 4 slices left
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Sam published his first book, a collection of poetry, at the age of 16.
Which number means four hundred seven and six hundred fifty-two thousandths?
answer is
407.652
Since the first part says the value is five less then twice the square of a negative number we get the first equation as 2(-x)²-5. Then we have that -9x is equal to that previous equation. Therefore our new equation is 2(-x)²-5=-9x. We can move the nine over by adding it to both side to get 2(-x)²+9x-5=0. Then you can use any method of factoring (I prefer quadratic formula) to get your values for x. By doing so, you’ll get x=28 and x=-32.5. Since the problem said the number was negative in the first part, you know you can’t have the 28 as the answer so the right answer is -32.5.
