SECTION TOPIC DEFINITIONS AND EXAMPLES

5-1 Polynomial Polynomial Parts

Arithmetic Ex
−3𝑥 5𝑦 2 + 2𝑥 4 + 5 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠 = 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑎𝑙
Leading term: −3𝑥5 5𝑦 2 • Leading coefficient: -3 • Degree: 7

5-2 Polynomial Long-hand

division (𝟖𝒙 3 − 𝟑𝟒𝒙 2 + 𝟒𝟑𝒙 − 𝟕𝟑) ÷ (𝟐𝒙 − 𝟕)
4𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 11
2𝑥 − 7 8𝑥 3− 34𝑥2 + 43𝑥 – 73
8𝑥 3 − 28𝑥 2
−6𝑥 2 + 43𝑥
−6𝑥 2 + 21𝑥
22𝑥 − 73
22𝑥 – 77
4
2
4𝑥 − 3𝑥 + 11 + 4/ 2𝑥 − 7
5-3 Factoring Perfect Square Sum/Diff of cubes
𝑎 2 + 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏2 = (𝑎 + 𝑏)2 𝑎3 ± 𝑏3 = (𝑎 ± 𝑏)(𝑎2 ∓ 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏2 )
Example: 49𝑥2 − 56𝑥 + 16= (7𝑥 − 4)2 Example
27𝑥3 − 512
Diff of Squares (3𝑥)3 – 83
𝑎2 – 𝑏2 = (𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑎 + 𝑏) (3𝑥 − 8)(9𝑥2 + 24𝑥 + 64)
25𝑥2 − 49 =(5𝑥 − 7)(5𝑥 + 7)

5-5 Word Formulas

Problems • Plug in the given data
• Get = 0, Factor, etc. Example
The profit of a small company when they make x thingamabobs is 𝑷 = 𝟐𝒙 2 − 𝟏𝟕𝒙.
How many will they need to make to get a profit of $30?
30 = 2𝑥2 − 17𝑥
0 = 2𝑥2 − 17𝑥 – 30
0 = 2𝑥2 − 20𝑥 + 3𝑥 – 30
0 = 2𝑥(𝑥 − 10) + 3(𝑥 − 10)
0 = (2𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 − 10)
𝑥 = − 3 /2, 𝑥 = 10
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 10 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 $30.
Example 2
A box has a height of 3 in. Its length is two inches longer than its width. If it has a
total surface area of 𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝒊𝒏2 , what are the dimensions?
ℎ = 3 𝑙 = 𝑤 + 2 𝑆𝐴 = 2ℎ𝑙 + 2𝑙𝑤 + 2ℎw,= 222 = 2 ⋅ 3(𝑤 + 2) + 2(𝑤 + 2)𝑤 + 2 ⋅ 3w
222 = 6𝑤 + 12 + 2𝑤2 + 4𝑤 + 6w= 0 = 2𝑤2 + 16𝑤 − 210 0 = 2(𝑤2 + 8𝑤 − 105) 0 = 2(𝑤
+ 15)(𝑤 − 7)
𝑤 = −15
𝑤 = 7 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 3 𝑖𝑛, 7 𝑖𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 9 𝑖𝑛.