11-14-2009, 01:02 PM | #1 |
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College Algeebrahhh
(x^2+3)^3(2x)-x^2(3)(x^2+2)^2(2x)
_________________________________ [(x^2+2)^3]^2 Okay, I was looking in the solutions manual and the second step was: (x^2+2)^2(2x)[(x^2+2)^1-x^2(3)] _______________________________ (x^2+2)^6 Okay, so the (x^2+2)^3's got subtracted...but there's only one 2x. What happened to the other? Shouldn't they have been subtracted too? It looks throughout the whole problem the one 2x stays. Why is this? :/ Thanks in advance!!
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11-14-2009, 03:04 PM | #2 |
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Re: College Algeebrahhh
It's called the distributive property.
(x^2+3)^3(2x)-x^2(3)(x^2+2)^2(2x) means you have, say, a*b-a*c and you're bringing out the a's so you're rewriting it as a*(b-c). In this case, think of "a" as (x^2+2)^2(2x) because it's found in both sides of the term on the numerator.
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Re: College Algeebrahhh
Ohhhh okay. Thanks so much! =)
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