SAT Math : SAT Mathematics

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Example Questions

Example Question #53 : How To Simplify An Expression

Simplify the expression:

\(\displaystyle 2x^{4}+3x^{3}-x^{2}+5x+6-(2x^{3}-2x^{2}+4x+2)\)

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 2x^{4}+x^{3}+x^{2}+9x+8\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{4}+x^{3}+x^{2}+x+4\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{4}+3x^{3}+x^{2}+x+4\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{4}-x^{3}+x^{2}+x+4\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 2x^{4}+x^{3}+x^{2}+x+4\)

Explanation:

In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. However, because this problem has a minus sign, it first needs to be distributed. That would look as follows:

\(\displaystyle 2x^{4}+3x^{3}-x^{2}+5x+6-(2x^{3}-2x^{2}+4x+2)\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{4}+3x^{3}-x^{2}+5x+6-2x^{3}+2x^{2}-4x-2\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{4}+3x^{3}-2x^{3}+2x^{2}-x^{2}+5x-4x-2+6\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{4}+x^{3}+x^{2}+x+4\)

Example Question #812 : Algebra

Simplify the expression:

\(\displaystyle 3x^{2}+2x-7+x^{2}+3x+6\)

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle x^{2}+5x+1\)

\(\displaystyle 4x^{2}+5x-1\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+5x-1\)

\(\displaystyle 4x^{2}+3x-12\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 4x^{2}+5x-1\)

Explanation:

In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. That would look as follows:

\(\displaystyle 3x^{2}+2x-7+x^{2}+3x+6\)

\(\displaystyle 3x^{2}+x^{2}+2x+3x-7+6\)

\(\displaystyle 4x^{2}+5x-1\)

Example Question #51 : Simplifying Expressions

Simplify the expression:

\(\displaystyle x+7+x^{2}+3x-4\)

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle x^{2}+4x+3\)

\(\displaystyle x^{2}+2x-3\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+4x-3\)

\(\displaystyle x^{2}-4x+3\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle x^{2}+4x+3\)

Explanation:

In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. That would look as follows:

\(\displaystyle x+7+x^{2}+3x-4\)

\(\displaystyle x^{2}+x+3x+7-4\)

\(\displaystyle x^{2}+4x+3\)

Example Question #56 : How To Simplify An Expression

Simplify the expression:

\(\displaystyle x^{3}-6x^{2}+3x-5-(-2x^{3}+4x^{2}+3x-4)\)

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 3x^{3}-10x^{2}-9\)

\(\displaystyle 3x^{3}-10x^{2}+6x-1\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{3}-10x^{2}-6x-1\)

\(\displaystyle 3x^{3}-10x^{2}-1\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 3x^{3}-10x^{2}-1\)

Explanation:

In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. However, because this problem has a minus sign, it first needs to be distributed. That would look as follows:

\(\displaystyle x^{3}-6x^{2}+3x-5-(-2x^{3}+4x^{2}+3x-4)\)

\(\displaystyle x^{3}-6x^{2}+3x-5+2x^{3}-4x^{2}-3x+4\)

\(\displaystyle x^{3}+2x^{3}-6x^{2}-4x^{2}+3x-3x-5+4\)

\(\displaystyle 3x^{3}-10x^{2}-1\)

Example Question #57 : How To Simplify An Expression

Simplify the expression:

\(\displaystyle 4x^{2}+4x-6-(2x^{2}-x-2)\)

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle x^{2}-5x-4\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+5x-4\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+2x-3\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+5x-8\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+5x-4\)

Explanation:

In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. However, because this problem has a minus sign, it first needs to be distributed. That would look as follows:

\(\displaystyle 4x^{2}+4x-6-(2x^{2}-x-2)\)

\(\displaystyle 4x^{2}+4x-6-2x^{2}+x+2\)

\(\displaystyle 4x^{2}-2x^{2}+4x+x-6+2\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+5x-4\)

Example Question #58 : How To Simplify An Expression

Simplify the expression:

\(\displaystyle 4x^{2}+5x-7-(x^{2}+6x+2)\)

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 3x^{2}-x-12\)

\(\displaystyle 3x^{2}-x-9\)

\(\displaystyle 3x^{2}+x+9\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}-4x-9\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 3x^{2}-x-9\)

Explanation:

In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. However, because this problem has a minus sign, it first needs to be distributed. That would look as follows:

\(\displaystyle 4x^{2}+5x-7-(x^{2}+6x+2)\)

\(\displaystyle 4x^{2}+5x-7-x^{2}+6x-2\)

\(\displaystyle 4x^{2}-x^{2}+5x-6x-7-2\)

\(\displaystyle 3x^{2}-x-9\)

Example Question #51 : How To Simplify An Expression

Simplify the expression:

\(\displaystyle x^{3}-3x^{2}+4x+3-(x^{3}-5x^{2}-3x+2)\)

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 2x^{3}+2x^{2}+7x+1\)

\(\displaystyle x^{3}+2x^{2}+7x+1\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+7x-11\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+7x+1\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+7x+1\)

Explanation:

In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. However, because this problem has a minus sign, it first needs to be distributed. That would look as follows:

\(\displaystyle x^{3}-3x^{2}+4x+3-(x^{3}-5x^{2}-3x+2)\)

\(\displaystyle x^{3}-3x^{2}+4x+3-x^{3}+5x^{2}+3x-2\)

\(\displaystyle x^{3}-x^{3}-3x^{2}+5x^{2}+4x+3x+3-2\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+7x+1\)

Example Question #52 : Simplifying Expressions

Simplify the expression:

\(\displaystyle 3x^{4}-2x^{3}+x^{2}+6x-2+x^{4}+3x^{3}+4x^{2}-5x+4\)

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 4x^{4}+x^{3}+5x^{2}+x+2\)

\(\displaystyle x^{3}+5x^{2}+x+2\)

\(\displaystyle 4x^{4}+6x^{3}+5x^{2}+x+3\)

\(\displaystyle x^{4}+x^{3}+2x^{2}+x+2\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 4x^{4}+x^{3}+5x^{2}+x+2\)

Explanation:

In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. That would look as follows:

\(\displaystyle 3x^{4}-2x^{3}+x^{2}+6x-2+x^{4}+3x^{3}+4x^{2}-5x+4\)

\(\displaystyle 3x^{4}+x^{4}-2x^{3}+3x^{3}+x^{2}+4x^{2}+6x-5x-2+4\)

\(\displaystyle 4x^{4}+x^{3}+5x^{2}+x+2\)

Example Question #2591 : Sat Mathematics

Simplify the expression:

\(\displaystyle -x^{2}+3x+7+2x^{2}+4x+2\)

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle x^{2}+7x+12\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+7x+9\)

\(\displaystyle x^{2}+7x+9\)

\(\displaystyle x^{2}+3x+2\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle x^{2}+7x+9\)

Explanation:

In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. That would look as follows:

\(\displaystyle -x^{2}+3x+7+2x^{2}+4x+2\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}-x^{2}+4x+3x+7+2\)

\(\displaystyle x^{2}+7x+9\)

Example Question #62 : How To Simplify An Expression

Simplify the expression:

\(\displaystyle 4x-5+2x^{2}-3x+4\)

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+3x-1\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+x+9\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+x-1\)

\(\displaystyle x^{2}+x-12\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+x-1\)

Explanation:

In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. That would look as follows:

\(\displaystyle 4x-5+2x^{2}-3x+4\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+4-3x-5+4\)

\(\displaystyle 2x^{2}+x-1\)

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