Answer:
The degree of the equation is 5.
Step-by-step explanation:
At first we have a 4 polinomyal expressions. Something happens here that in the third step we only have 2 polynomial expressions.
What is occuring? In this case, we just grab two polynomial and try to reduce the expression to a simple expression (And larger) so, we take the first two polynomial expressions:
(2x + 3) * (x² - 1)
In this case, the first term will multiply the first and second term of the second polynomial expression, and after that, the second term of the first polynomial do the same thing with the other two terms:
(2x * x²) + (2x * -1) + (3 * x²) + (3 * -1)
= 2x³ - 2x + 3x² - 3
Now, we apply the same thing with the other two expressions:
(x + 1) * (x - 2)
= (x * x) + (x * -2) + (1 * x) + (1 * -2)
= x² - 2x + x -2
= x² - x - 2
For the last step, we do the same thing, only that in this case is larger cause we have a bigger expression, but the principle is the same. To get a better understanding I will put every operation by line so you won't get confused:
(2x³ - 2x + 3x² - 3) * (x² - x - 2)
= (2x³ * x²) + (2x³ * -x) + (2x³ * -2)
+ (-2x * x²) + (-2x * -x) + (-2x * -2)
+ (3x² * x²) + (3x² * -x) + (3x² * -2)
+ (-3 * x²) + (-3 * -x) + (-3 * -2)
= (2x⁵ - 2x⁴ - 4x³)
+ (-2x³ + 2x² + 4x)
+ (-3x⁴ - 3x³ - 6x²)
+ (-3x² + 3x + 6)
Simplifying:
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= 2x⁵ - 5x⁴ - 9x³ - 7x² + 7x + 6</h2><h2>
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The term with the highest exponent will determine the degree of the equation. So the equation is 5th degree.
Hope this helps
