SOLUTION: What expression with the smallest numerical coefficient and smallest degree must be multiplied by the expression 120x^5y to make it a perfect square?
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Question 1164848: What expression with the smallest numerical coefficient and smallest degree must be multiplied by the expression 120x^5y to make it a perfect square?
You cannot have a polynomial with negative exponents and so the degree of any polynomial must be a non-negative integer. However, you are asking for an expression and nothing that excludes negative degrees for expressions. The smallest perfect square is 1, so the expression with the smallest numerical coefficient and smallest degree is the reciprocal of the given expression, to wit:
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
