Meulenbelt
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It is as follows:
x3y2 + 2xy3 -3x2y4
Thanks for your help!
x3y2 + 2xy3 -3x2y4
Thanks for your help!
It is as follows:
x3y2 + 2xy3 -3x2y4
Thanks for your help!
Hi Meulenbelt,
First of all this is a polynomial expression, not an equation.
Next, the first rule of factoring an expression is to factor out all the common factors.
If you look closely, you will see that x and y appear in all three terms.
Choose the x and y with the "smallest exponent" and factor it out.
Pardon my haste, yes it is indeed a cubic trinomial expression...
I have already factored out the common variables, but alas have gotten nowhere. I have tried rearranging the expression to form it into a cubic, but that did not work either. I am going to try to factor out the common variables and then complete the square, but I don't know if that will work either....