document.write( "Question 253266: Can someone help me! I keep getting two different answers to this problem (3a^3+4a^2-a-1)(a-5) My two answers are 3a^4-15a^3+4a^3-21a^2+4a+5 and 3a^4-11a^3-21a^2+4a+5 I want to lean more towards the bottom answer but I've used the calulater to a problem and it gave me the top answer. \n" ); document.write( "
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