calc

[chiquitadita]

anyone wanna help me?
How do you factor something that's like
x^3 - 4x^2 + 5x - 2

thats number 44 and I don't know how to do 44, 46, or 48

Comments

[exclamo]

yah, thats a tough one. thats where i stopped. theres actually an example like that in the packet. you have to do some weird division and what not. this work is making me feel so dumb haha.

[chiquitadita]

thats where i stopped. and i found that example and next to it i wrote say whaaaaaat?! P(b) P(0) or something ?? i didn't understand it.

[sparksearcher]

Oh crap. I know I learned how to do this last year but I can't remember how. Everything I ever learned leaked out of my head after graduation. Sorry.

[dowdie889]

that's what i got for 44. i have the others too if you want them let me know.

[dowdie889]

yea... did you keep going yet because im lost on 58, 60, 74, 76

ugh this is frustrating!

[dowdie889]

ok...
I forgot this completing the square nonsense
so how do you complete something like
x^2 + 3x + 1

and something about the binomial theorem and you get this crazy "n" variable that i'm really confused with

so use the binomial theorem to simplify
(a + b)^7

I feel so dumb doing this work.