SOLUTION: I have a question I hope someone can answer in doing polynomials. Can you add -3Xsquared plus XYsquared. I think you can't because the first number doesn't have a Y. I wrote out
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Question 227684: I have a question I hope someone can answer in doing polynomials. Can you add -3Xsquared plus XYsquared. I think you can't because the first number doesn't have a Y. I wrote out the word squared as I couldn't type the 2 above the x or y. Thank you for the help.
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No, they can't be added.
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It can be factored, but it can't be reduced to less than 2 terms.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No you cannot combine the terms and since they are not like terms. However, you can factor out an '-x' from to get