document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=192341>Question 192341</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618503080/algebrahomeworkh>Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the opposite of the polynomial :  –2r^2 – r + 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do we just reverse from posistive to negative or is there a method?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #144374 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=RAY100><B>RAY100(1637)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=RAY100><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=144374\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Opposites  are  just  as  you  stated.  Just  opposite  sign.  The  two  add  to  zero.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Normally  with  polynomials, we  talk  about  inverses.  This  is  the  reflextion  over  y=x.  We  usually  find  these  by  setting  x=y,  and  y=x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For  example  if  y=2x,   inverse  is  x=2y  or  y=x/2. </SPAN>\n" );
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