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X^4 + 8x^2 - 9
= (x^2 + 9)(x^2 - 1)
= (x^2 + 9)(x + 1)(x - 1) Answer
A number is equal to 3 times a smaller number. Also, the sum of the smaller number and 4 is the larger number. The situation is graphed on the coordinate plane below, where x represents the smaller number and y represents the larger number.
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y=3x and y=x+4
