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Answer: Choice A</h3>
The first line shown in choice A is 
which means "the first term is -2"
The next line in choice A means "the nth term (
) is found by multiplying the prior term (
) by 8". Put another way: multiply each term by 8 to get the next term.
first term = -2
second term = 8*(first term) = 8*(-2) = -16
third term = 8*(second term) = 8*(-16) = -128
fourth term = 8*(third term) = 8*(-128) = -1024
and so on.
Answer:
4x^2 +9xy +6y^2
Step-by-step explanation:
Combine like terms. I find it useful to factor out the variable part of the expression so I can see what coefficients are being combined.
7x^2+5xy-3y^2 - (2x^2+3xy-5y^2 + x^2-7xy-4y^2)
= (7 -2 -1)x^2 +(5 -3+7)xy +(-3 +5 +4)y^2
= 4x^2 +9xy +6y^2
