document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=548846>Question 548846</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Essay; show all work.Add the following polynomials: (1/10x2 – 1/2x(-3/10))+(1/2x2+1/4x(-1/5)) <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1/10-1/2)x2 + (-1/2 -1/4)x+(-3/10-(-1/5))= (-2/5)x2 + (-3/4) + (1/5)= -19/20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-19/20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Essay; show all work. Find the product: (1/3x^2(-2/3))*(1/2x -1/2) <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/3x2 * 1/2x* -2/3 -1/2= 1/6x3 * 1/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/6x3 * 1/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What am I doing wrong??? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #358528 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><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=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=358528\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have no idea what you're doing. Let's start from the beginning. First, you should make your notation clear by correctly placing parentheses, and don't place operations such as * or + unless you clearly know what number/expression you want to use. Knowing LaTeX or the notation on algebra.com can help (here I use LaTeX since it is more widely used, and is neater).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You want to do the operation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE (\frac{1}{10}x^2 - \frac{1}{2}x(-\frac{3}{10})) + (\frac{1}{2}x^2 + \frac{1}{4}x(-\frac{1}{5}))\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First, do the innermost operations (in this case, multiplying variable expressions by constants) to get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE (\frac{1}{10}x^2 + \frac{3}{20}x) + (\frac{1}{2}x^2 - \frac{1}{20}x)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then add. You cannot combine x^2 and x terms together, similar to the fact that you cannot combine apples and oranges and obtain apples. Adding, we get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE (\frac{1}{10} + \frac{1}{2})x^2 + (\frac{3}{20} - \frac{1}{20})x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE = \frac{3}{5}x^2 + \frac{1}{10}x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For the multiplication one, we multiply the -2/3 with the 1/3, so our expression is equivalent to\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE (-\frac{2}{9}x^2)(\frac{1}{2}x - \frac{1}{2})\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then multiply. Be careful about the negative signs.\r<BR>\n" );
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