Make Sense? In Exercises 135–138, determine whether each statement makes sense or does not make sense, and explain your reasoning. 135. Knowing the difference between factors and terms is important: In (3x?y)“, I can distribute the exponent 2 on each factor, but in (3x² + y)', I cannot do the same thing on each term. 136. I used the FOIL method to find the product of x + 5 and x + 2x + 1. 137. Instead of using the formula for the square of a binomial sum, I prefer to write the binomial sum twice and then apply the FOIL method. 138. Special-product formulas have patterns that make their multiplications quicker than using the FOIL method.

Make Sense? In Exercises 135–138, determine whether each statement makes sense or does not make sense, and explain your reasoning. 135. Knowing the difference between factors and terms is important: In (3x?y)“, I can distribute the exponent 2 on each factor, but in (3x² + y)', I cannot do the same thing on each term. 136. I used the FOIL method to find the product of x + 5 and x + 2x + 1. 137. Instead of using the formula for the square of a binomial sum, I prefer to write the binomial sum twice and then apply the FOIL method. 138. Special-product formulas have patterns that make their multiplications quicker than using the FOIL method.

Algebra and Trigonometry (6th Edition)

6th Edition

ISBN:9780134463216

Author:Robert F. Blitzer

Publisher:Robert F. Blitzer

ChapterP: Prerequisites: Fundamental Concepts Of Algebra

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1MCCP: In Exercises 1-25, simplify the given expression or perform the indicated operation (and simplify,...

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Make Sense? In Exercises 135–138, determine whether each statement makes sense or does not make sense, and explain your reasoning. 135. I use the same ideas to multiply (V2 + 5) (V2 + 4) that I did to find the binomial product (x + 5)(x + 4). 136. I used a special-product formula and simplified as follows: (V2 + V5)? = 2 + 5 = 7. 137. In some cases when I multiply a square root expression and its conjugate, the simplified product contains a radical. 138. I use the fact that 1 is the multiplicative identity to both rationalize denominators and rewrite rational expressions with a common denominator.
In Exercises 83–90, perform the indicated operation or operations. 83. (3x + 4y)? - (3x – 4y) 84. (5x + 2y) - (5x – 2y) 85. (5x – 7)(3x – 2) – (4x – 5)(6x – 1) 86. (3x + 5)(2x - 9) - (7x – 2)(x – 1) 87. (2x + 5)(2r - 5)(4x? + 25) 88. (3x + 4)(3x – 4)(9x² + 16) (2x – 7)5 89. (2x – 7) (5x – 3)6 90. (5x – 3)4
In Exercises 132–137, factor each polynomial. Assume that all variable exponents represent whole numbers. 132. 9x2" + x" – 8 133. 4x2n – 9x" + 5 134. an+2 – a"+2 – 6a? 135. b2n+2 + 3b"+2 10b2 136. 3c"+2 10c"+1 + 3c" 137. 2d"+2 5d"+1 + 3d"
For Exercises 8–10, a. Simplify the expression. Do not rationalize the denominator. b. Find the values of x for which the expression equals zero. c. Find the values of x for which the denominator is zero. 4x(4x – 5) – 2x² (4) 8. -6x(6x + 1) – (–3x²)(6) (6x + 1)2 9. (4x – 5)? - 10. V4 – x² - -() 2)
In Exercises 126–129, determine whether each statement is true or false. If the statement is false, make the necessary change(s) to produce a true statement. 126. Once a GCF is factored from 6y – 19y + 10y“, the remaining trinomial factor is prime. 127. One factor of 8y² – 51y + 18 is 8y – 3. 128. We can immediately tell that 6x? – 11xy – 10y? is prime because 11 is a prime number and the polynomial contains two variables. 129. A factor of 12x2 – 19xy + 5y² is 4x – y.
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Exercises 141–143 will help you prepare for the material covered in the next section. In each exercise, factor the polynomial. (You'll soon be learning techniques that will shorten the factoring process.) 141. x? + 14x + 49 142. x? – 8x + 16 143. х2 — 25 (or x? + 0х — 25)
In Exercises 129–132, determine whether each statement is true or false. If the statement is false, make the necessary change(s) to produce a true statement. 129. 9x? + 15x + 25 = (3x + 5) 130. x - 27 = (x – 3)(x² + 6x + 9) 131. x³ – 64 = (x – 4)3 132. 4x2 – 121 = (2x – 11)
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