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Question 64063: How in the world do you work this monstor???!!!!
-16x^10 + 8x^7
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-4x^4

thank you in advance!
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Question 64062: How would I go about factoring this?
x4 + 2x3 - 3x - 6
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Question 64062: How would I go about factoring this?
x4 + 2x3 - 3x - 6
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Question 64061: (9x + 10)^2
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Question 64068: How would I go about multiplying this?
(2s + 5z)^2(s + 3z)^2
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Question 64073: Horriable at fractions any help would be greatly appreciated. It is a fraction with the exponet being the 2/3 and 1/3.
(25x^3) 2/3
(125xy^2) 1/3
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Question 64060: (19x^2)(-5x^9)

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Question 64093: Factor the following trinomial:
16x^2 + 40xy + 25y^2

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Question 64093: Factor the following trinomial:
16x^2 + 40xy + 25y^2

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Question 64092: Factor the following expression:
a^2(b – c) – 16b^2(b – c)

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Question 64091: Factor the polynomial by grouping the first two terms and the last two terms:
x^3 – 4x^2 + 2x - 8

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Question 64090: Use the “ac test” to determine if the following trinomial can be factored. Find the values of ma and n for the trinomial so that it can be factored:
x^2 + 2x - 15

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Question 64089: Use the “ac test” to determine if the following trinomial can be factored. Find the values of ma and n for the trinomial so that it can be factored:
x^2 – 3x + 7

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Question 64088: Rewrite the middle term as the sum of two terms and then factor completely.
12w^2 + 19w + 4

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Question 64087: Rewrite the middle term as the sum of two terms and then factor completely.
4z^3 - 18z^2 – 10z

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Question 64086: Factor the following completely:
9x^2 + 12xy + 4y^2 - 25

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Question 64084: Factor the polynomial by grouping the first two terms and the last two terms:
x^3 – 4x^2 + 2x - 8

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Question 64083: Factor the following expression:
a^2(b – c) – 16b^2(b – c)
I need help yet again, please!!
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Question 64082: Factor the following trinomial:
16x^2 + 40xy + 25y^2
I am still a little confused by this stuff. I hope that someone can help me understand????

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Question 64156: Please help me solve this:
Find the zeros of the following functions.
f(x) = 4x^3-4x^2-7x-2

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Question 64136: please help to simplify
a/b divided by x + y divided by b
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Question 63841: HELP!
Add
4a^2/c + m^3 - 2a/m^2c
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Question 63827: Please help factor completely. thanks!
3m^3+14X+16
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Question 64307: Factor completely. 36x^2 – 1
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Question 64306: Factor completely. 5x^2 + xy + 5x + y
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Question 64305: Rewrite the middle term as the sum of two terms and then factor completely.
25x^2 + 35x + 12

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Question 64304: Rewrite the middle term as the sum of two terms and then factor by grouping.
x^2 + 10x + 16

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Question 64303: The profit on a watch is given by P = x^2 – 13x – 80, where x is the number of watches sold per day. How many watches were sold on a day when there was a $50 loss? (Hint: "$50 loss" means a "negative $50 profit". Plug in -50 for P and solve for x)
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Question 64302: Multiply. (a^2 + 2ab – b^2)(a^2 – 7ab + b^2)
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Question 64336: I have always had a problem dividing can someone help me solve this equation.... thank you very much
3x^4+11x^3-20x^2+7x+35/x+5
I can do sythetic division which would be x+5 divided into the problem above I have done it but the answer I got seems too long.. I got 1300 over x+5 using synthetic division.... can someone help me.
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Question 64344: So I have another hw question.... synthetic division...
3x^5+4x^2-12x-17 over x-2

I know the setup is -2.. the setup for synthetic that I got was 3...0....0...4...12...17 but when I add them the numbers get huge and I wound up with -135 over x-2 I do not know if this is right and can someone please help me and show me the work if I am wrong so I know what I am doing wrong.... thank you.
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Question 64369: please help to add
3 / x-3 - 2x + 1 / x^2 - x - 6 - 3x/x+2
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Question 64372: 8x^3+1

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Question 64387: I do not understand how to set this problem up.
A small city park consists of a rectangular lawn surrounded on all sides by a 330m2(squared) borded of flowers 2.5m wide. Find the area of the lawn if the entire park is 5m longer than it is wide.
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Question 64391: Randy and Amy left school at the same time and began walking in opposite diretions. Randy walked at a rate of 3.6 km/h and Amy walked at a rate of 4.2 km/h. How far apart were they after 10 minutes.
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Question 64390: Randy and Amy left school at the same time and began walking in opposite diretions. Randy walked at a rate of 3.6 km/h and Amy walked at a rate of 4.2 km/h. How far apart were they after 10 minutes.
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Question 64411: If the sides of a square are decreased by 3 cm, the area is decreased by 81 cm^2. What were the dimensions of the original square?
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Question 64410: Factor completely. x^2 – 4
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Question 64409: Factor completely. ax – ay + x^2 – xy
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Question 64405: Factor completely. 5x^2 + 35x + 60
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Question 64396: Factor completely. x^3 + 8x^2 + 15x

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Question 64408: Factor by grouping. x^3 – 5x^2 + 2x – 10.
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Question 64407: Factor completely. 18a^3 + 12a^2 + 2a
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Question 64404: Factor. 12x^4y^3 + 16x^3y^3 – 20x^3y^4
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Question 64406: Factor completely. m^3 – 9m^2n + 18n^2m
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