document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=38119>Question 38119</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have a problem that is hard to write but here it goes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write the following expression as the product of a monomial and a polynomial<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x cubed - 6x^ - 15x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I don't know how to type the third power after the x </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #23618 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ilana><B>ilana(307)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ilana><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=23618\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First of all, the third power of x is commonly typed as x^3.  \"^\" means \"raised to a power\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So I believe your expression is actually 9x^3-6x^2-15x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now, a monomial is an expression with only one term (or type of x), such as x or x^2 or 3x or even 5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A polynomial is actually what we have here, since it has 3 terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, we can factor out the monomial 3x, and get the polynomial 3x^2-2x-5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So 9x^3-6x^2-15x=3x(3x^2-2x-5). </SPAN>\n" );
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