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3 years ago

Use the Factor Theorem to determine whether the first polynomial is a factor of the second polynomial.

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dedylja [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

Not a factor

Step-by-step explanation:

If (x - 3) is a factor then f(3) = 0

f(x) = x² - 4x + 30

f(3) = 2(3)² - 4(3) + 30 = 18 - 12 + 30 = 36 ≠ 0

Since f(3) ≠ 0 then (x - 3) is not a factor of f(x)

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Answer:

B and D.

Step-by-step explanation:

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However, when we multiplied them together, we get:

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Let's first consider what we can determine from this.

If we add them together, we get a linear equation. However, this doesn't mean that our two original functions are linear since if we have, say, -x^2 and x^2-x+9, they will cancel and form a linear equation if we add them together.

However, since we know that if we multiply the two functions together, we get a linear equation, this means that both our original functions must be linear.

But, if we multiplied two linear functions, then we should get a quadratic, since x times x will yield x².

Therefore, this means that one of our linear functions is a horizontal line with no x variable. This is the only way to have a linear equation when multiplied.

Therefore, we have determined that both of our original functions are linear functions, and one (only one of them) is a horizontal line.

Let's go through each of the answer choices.

A) Both functions must be quadratic.

This is false as we determined earlier. If this was true, then the resulting function should be a quartic and not a line. A is false.

B) Both functions must have a constant rate of change.

Remember that all linear equations have a constant rate of change.

Since we determined that both our original functions are linear equation, this means that both our functions will have a constant rate of change.

So, B is true.

C) Both functions must have a y-intercept of 0.

Remember that one of our functions is a horizontal line.

If the y-intercept was 0, then the equation of our horizontal line will be:

$y=0$

And we know that anything multiplied by 0 will give us 0. However, the product of our function is -9x.

So, C cannot be true.

Rather, only our linear equation (not the horizontal line) may have a y-intercept of 0.

D) The rate of change of either f(x) or g(x) must be 0.

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E) The y-intercepts of f(x) and g(x) must be opposites.

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But, we can think about this. Note that if we multiply the two functions, we have a function without a y-intercept.

Remember that our horizontal line is not 0. So, the y-intercept of the horizontal line is a number.

So, the opposite of a number is another number.

So, if we multiply two non-zero numbers, we must get another number.

However, from our product, j(x)=-9x, we don't have another number. The y-intercept from this is 0.

Therefore, the two y-intercepts cannot be opposites of each other. If it was so, then we should have a y-intercept. So, E must be false.

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So, our answers are B and D.

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12n^3 + 16n^3 can someone please help me with this?

vodka [1.7K]

Answer:

$4n^{3} (3n^{2} + 4)$

Step-by-step explanation:

Assuming the problem is asking you to factor out the formula, it can be done easily by finding a common number with the two givens.

4 goes into both 12 and 16 evenly, so we will use this to factor. But that's not all, we have the n-variable to worry about.

Look at the n-variable exponents in the problem, take the highest power that can go be subtracted from both and use that. We have a $n^{5}$ and $n^{3}$ . Since 5 can't go into 3, we must use 3 to factor.

Our factoring variable will therefore be $4n^{3}$ . Now, use this to simply divide and get the answer:

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So how did we get this? For the whole numbers, we have to divide: (12/4, 16/4). Next, we have to minus the exponents since we are dividing.

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