Algebra II : Expressions

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Simplifying Expressions

Find the product:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

First, mulitply the mononomial by the first term of the polynomial:

Second, multiply the monomial by the second term of the polynomial:

Add the terms together:

Example Question #1 : Simplifying Expressions

Multiply, expressing the product in simplest form:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Cross-cancel the coefficients by dividing both 15 and 25 by 5, and both 14 and 21 by 7:

 

Now use the quotient rule on the variables by subtracting exponents:

Example Question #5 : Simplifying Expressions

Simplify the following:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In this problem, you have two fractions being multiplied. You can first simplify the coefficients in the numerators and denominators. You can divide and cancel the 2 and 14 each by 2, and the 3 and 15 each by 3:

You can multiply the two numerators and two denominators, keeping in mind that when multiplying like variables with exponents, you simplify by adding the exponents together:

Any variables that are both in the numerator and denominator can be simplified by subtracting the numerator's exponent by the denominator's exponent. If you end up with a negative exponent in the numerator, you can move the variable to the denominator to keep the exponent positive:

Example Question #3 : How To Factor A Variable

Factor the expression:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the greatest common factor, we need to break each term into its prime factors:

Looking at which terms all three expressions have in common; thus, the GCF is . We then factor this out: 

Example Question #2 : Monomials

Expand:

 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To expand, multiply 8x by both terms in the expression (3x + 7).

8x multiplied by 3x is 24x².

8x multiplied by 7 is 56x.

Therefore, 8x(3x + 7) = 24x² + 56x.

Example Question #4501 : Algebra 1

Simplify:

Possible Answers:

None of the other answers are correct.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

First, distribute –5 through the parentheses by multiplying both terms by –5.

Then, combine the like-termed variables (–5x and –3x).

Example Question #1 : How To Multiply Binomials With The Distributive Property

Expand:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

First, FOIL:

Simplify:

Distribute the through the parentheses:

Rewrite to make the expression look like one of the answer choices:

Example Question #11 : Simplifying Expressions

Simplify the expression.

Possible Answers:

None of the other answers are correct.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

When simplifying polynomials, only combine the variables with like terms.

can be added to , giving

can be subtracted from  to give .

Combine both of the terms into one expression to find the answer:

Example Question #12 : Simplifying Expressions

Simplify the following expression.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is not a FOIL problem, as we are adding rather than multiplying the terms in parentheses.

Add like terms to solve.

 and  have no like terms and cannot be combined with anything.

5 and -5 can be combined however:

This leaves us with .

Example Question #1 : How To Subtract Polynomials

Simplify the following:

Possible Answers:

None of the other answers are correct.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

First, FOIL the two binomials:

Then distribute the through the terms in parentheses:

Combine like terms:

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