document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=167621>Question 167621</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0495108405/algebrahomeworkh>intermediate algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I just finished my math homework and I have a few that I am not sure if they are correct or not. Here are the problems, along with the answers i came up with. Please let me know if they are correct, or if they aren't correct, what I need to be doing instead.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(from Intermediate Algebra by McKeague Ch 6, secion 2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.) (6x^3+12x^2-9x)/(3x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer: 2x^2+4x-3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6.) (6y^4-3y^3+18y^2)/(9y^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer: 2y^2-y+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "14.) (x^2-x-6)/(x+2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer: x+3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20.) (x^3+8)/(x+2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer: x-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "28.) (3x^3-5x^2+2x-1)/(x-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer: [x^2(3+5)+2x+1]/(x-2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "32.) (9y^3-6Y^2+8)/3Y-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer: 3y^2y[(8-3y)/(3y-2)]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #123516 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=123516\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2. Correct.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6. Incorrect. Exponents are correct, coefficients are not.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Reduce to lowest terms.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "14.) Incorrect: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2B3%29%28x%2B2%29=x%5E2%2B5x%2B6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2B3%29%28x%2B2%29=x%5E2%2B5x%2B6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Should be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20.) Incorrect, your first term should be an <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > term. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use synthetic division. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'll do it for this one and you can do it for the next two.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Showing synthetic division is a little difficult.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The first part will show the factor (left hand column), then the factor times the divisor,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then the next line will show the subtraction.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Repeat.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hopefully it makes sense.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > term are there as placeholders.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+2)|x^3+0x^2+0x+8 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2:...x^3+2x^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "..................-2x^2+0x+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x:..........-2x^2-4x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "...............................4x+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4:...........................4x+8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "28.) Incorrect, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E3-5x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E3-5x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > cannot be combined. Use synthetic division. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "32.) Incorrect, use synthetic division. <BR>\n" );
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