document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=16666>Question 16666</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, could you please tell me if I got this answer right? Thanks, here's the equation: (x^2 + 4x +5)(x^2 + x - 2), x=-3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I didn't know how to do exponets on the computer so the ^ sign is for the exponets. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is what I got and need to know if its right: 224<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you sOOo much!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "((-3)^2+4(-3)+5)((-3)^2+(-3)-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply (-3)(-3)=9; two negatives multiplied together = positive;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(-3)=-12; a negative multiplied by a positve = negative;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(9-12+5)(9-3-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-3+5)(6-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2)(4)=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You need to be careful of your negatives<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope you see what you did wrong, when you multiplied (-3)(-3)=-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Otherwise you did good!<BR>\n" );
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