Answer:
The factored expression is 2(x² + 5)(x + 3).
Step-by-step explanation:
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We can use a factoring technique referred to as "grouping" to solve this problem.
Grouping is used for polynomials with four terms as a quick and easy factoring method to remove the GCF and get down to the initial terms that create the expression/function.
Grouping works in the following matter:
- Given equation: ax³ + bx² + cx + d
- Group a & b, c & d: (ax³ + bx²) + (cx + d)
- Pull GCFs and factors
Let's apply these steps to the given equation.
- Given equation: 2x³ + 6x² + 10x + 30
- Group a & b, c & d: (2x³ + 6x²) + (10x + 30)
- Pull GCFs and factors: 2x²(x + 3) + 10(x + 3)
As you'll see, we have a common term with both sides of the expression. This term, (x + 3), is a valuable asset to the factoring process. This is one of the factors for our expression.
Now, we use our GCFs to create another factor.
- List GCFs: 2x², 10
- Create a term: (2x² + 10)
Finally, we'll need to simplify this one by taking another GCF, 2.
- Pull GCF: 2(x² + 5)
Now that we have this term, we need to understand that this <em>could</em> also be factored further using imaginary numbers, but it is also acceptable to leave it in this form.
Therefore, we have our final factors: 2(x² + 5) and (x + 3).
However, when we factor, we place all of our terms together. This leaves us with the final answer: 2(x² + 5)(x + 3).
A decagon has 10 sides (think decade and decathlon). From the center of the decagon we draw the radii and in doing so we take the area of the decagon and divide it into 10 congruent Triangles.
The angles around the center add up to 360 because they form a circle and since there are 10, they each measure 36 degrees. So the answer to the first part (the angle between the radii) is 36 degrees.
Each of these triangles has two equal sides (both radii) so is Isosceles. That means that the base angles are congruent. So the two angles that are left in each triangle must measure the same. Since the angles in a triangle add up to 180 degrees, we know that the two remaining angles are together equal to 180-36=144 degrees. Since they are equal in measure they each measure 72 degrees.
Thus the answer to the second part, trhe measure of the angle between a radius and the side of the polygon is 72 degrees.
