Adding and Subtracting Polynomials Answers

Pablo folds a straw into a triangle with side lengths of 4x2−3 inches, 4x2−2 inches, and 4x2−1 inches. Which expression can be used to find the perimeter of the triangle, and what is the perimeter when x = 1.5?

What is true about the sum of the two polynomials?6s2t – 2st24s2t – 3st2

Margot is sewing a ribbon on a seam along the perimeter of a square pillow. The side length of the pillow is 2x2+1 inches. She plans to make a similar pillow, including the ribbon, whose side length is 4x−7 inches. What expression can be used for the length of ribbon that she needs for both pillows, and what is the length if x = 3.5?

Profit is the difference between revenue and cost. The revenue, in dollars, of a company that manufactures cell phones can be modeled by the polynomial 2x2 + 55x + 10. The cost, in dollars, of producing the cell phones can be modeled by 2x2 – 15x – 40. The variable x represents the number of cell phones sold.

What is the sum of the polynomials?(–x2 + 9) + (–3x2 – 11x + 4)

Which is true about the degree of the sum and difference of the polynomials 3x5y – 2x3y4 – 7xy3 and –8x5y + 2x3y4 + xy3?

What is the difference of the polynomials?(–2x3y2 + 4x2y3 – 3xy4) – (6x4y – 5x2y3 – y5)

What is true about the completely simplified sum of the polynomials 3x2y2 − 2xy5 and −3x2y2 + 3x4y?

Profit is the difference between revenue and cost. The revenue, in dollars, of a company that manufactures televisions can be modeled by the polynomial 3x2 + 180x. The cost, in dollars, of producing the televisions can be modeled by 3x2 – 160x + 300. The variable x is the number of televisions sold.

What is the additive inverse of the polynomial –9xy2 + 6x2y – 5x3?