Adding and Subtracting Polynomials Answers

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

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?

Kat is painting the edge of a triangular stage prop with reflective orange paint. The lengths of the edges of the triangle are (3x – 4) feet, (x2 – 1) feet, and (2x2 – 15) feet. What is the perimeter of the triangle if x = 4?

Which is true about the completely simplified difference of the polynomials a3b + 9a2b2 − 4ab5 and a3b − 3a2b2 + ab5?

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

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

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?

The sum of two polynomials is 8d5 – 3c3d2 + 5c2d3 – 4cd4 + 9. If one addend is 2d5 – c3d2 + 8cd4 + 1, what is the other addend?

Sydney is cutting the crust from the edges of her sandwich. The dimensions, in centimeters, of the sandwich is shown.

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