Answer:
Choice b.
.
Step-by-step explanation:
The highest power of the variable 
in this polynomial is 
. In other words, this polynomial is quadratic.
It is thus possible to apply the quadratic formula to find the "roots" of this polynomial. (A root of a polynomial is a value of the variable that would set the polynomial to 
.)
After finding these roots, it would be possible to factorize this polynomial using the Factor Theorem.
Apply the quadratic formula to find the two roots that would set this quadratic polynomial to . The discriminant of this polynomial is 
.
.
Similarly:
.
By the Factor Theorem, if 
is a root of a polynomial, then 
would be a factor of that polynomial. Note the minus sign between and 
.
- The root
corresponds to the factor 
, which simplifies to 
. - The root
corresponds to the factor 
, which simplifies to 
.
Verify that 
indeed expands to the original polynomial:
.
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
The question says that you are multiplying 8 and something together. So to start with, it looks like this.
8*something.
Now you have to get 7 less a number which is 7 - x
So something is 7 - x
8(7 - x) is your answer.
Answer:
79
Step-by-step explanation:
78
---------
7 | 62 03
49
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148 | 13 03
11 84
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19
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78^2 = 6084.
We observe that 78^2 < 6203.
79^2 = 6241.
We observe that 79^2 > 6203.
Hence the number to be added to 6203 is 6241 - 6203 = 38.
6203 + 38 = 3241
= 79 * 79
= 79.
Therefore 38 should be added to 6203 to obtain a perfect square.
