so hmmm seemingly the graphs meet at -2 and +2 and 0, let's check
so f(x) = g(x) at those points, so let's take the integral of the top - bottom functions for both intervals, namely f(x) - g(x) from -2 to 0 and g(x) - f(x) from 0 to +2.
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Answer:
<h2>x³ + x² - 3x - 3</h2>
Step-by-step explanation:
I'm assuming g*f means g times f, so you want to multiply the two functions together.
(x² - 3)(x + 1) Since the product is 2 binomials, use FOIL
= x²(x) + x²(1) - 3(x) - 3(1)
which simplifies to
<h2>x³ + x² - 3x - 3</h2>
Wouldn't it be -1 (minus one)? 12 - 1 = 11 and 9 - 1 = 8.
When you cannot simplify it further. The terms have no common factor besides 1 and A plus C does not have two numbers that multiply to the total and equal C.
