document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=253767>Question 253767</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> plese Simplify the following and state the degree of the resulting polynomial:            ( x 3 + 3x  + 2) * ( x  + 1) – ( x 4 + x 2 + 2x). </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Distribute the x to each term of ( x 3 + 3x  + 2).  Then distribute the 1 to each term of ( x 3 + 3x  + 2).  the negative here \" – ( x 4 + x 2 + 2x)\"  Goes with everything in the parenthesis, so distribute it to each term.  Combine all this together by adding/subtracting like terms.  I believe your x^4 terms cancel out and there are no x^3 terms, so this will be a 2nd degree polynomial.<BR>\n" );
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