SOLUTION: (x-1)(x^4+x^3+x^2+x+1) (Multiply) Please help me thanks so much :)

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Question 632108: (x-1)(x^4+x^3+x^2+x+1) (Multiply)

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First lets multiply everything in the second set of parentheses by x. So we get x^5+x^4+x^3+x^2+x. Now lets multiply everything in the second set of parentheses by 1 and subtract that from x^5+x^4+x^3+x^2+x. So (x^5+x^4+x^3+x^2+x)-(x^4+x^3+x^2+x+1)= x^5-1. So the answer is x^5-1.