Factorization

• likeyou

  24 Mar 11, 16:49

  Hi Guys

  Please teach me how to do this:

  1. P^4 + p^6

  2. b^2 -3bc

   

  Thanks guys!

   

   

• FireIce

  24 Mar 11, 16:53

  p^4 (1 + p^2) b (b - 3c)
• likeyou

  24 Mar 11, 16:56

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  p^{4 (1 + p}2)

  b (b – 3c)

  
  The first answer p^4 + P^8 right? But the question wants p^4 + p^6.

  Thanks for the 2nd question.

   

   

• likeyou

  24 Mar 11, 16:58

  Another question :

   

  1. 7X^2 - 49XY

• FireIce

  24 Mar 11, 17:04

  power is add, nt times. 7x (x - 7y)
• likeyou

  24 Mar 11, 17:08

  Thanks Fire. for all the answer, I am able to reason it for my son.

  How about p^4 + p^6

• likeyou

  24 Mar 11, 17:10

  Hi Fire and Guys

   

  I am so sorry, I am nuts at those sec 1 maths.

  Factorisation by grouping.

  1. a^2 + ab + ac + bc

  2. CM - CN - KM + KN

• likeyou

  24 Mar 11, 17:25

  Hi Fire, I got the answer for all the questions.

  Thanks very much for your help and for letting me post over here.

  Kindest regards.

  @LikeYou

   

• ThunderFbolt

  24 Mar 11, 22:06

  1. a(a+b) + c(a+b) = (a+b)(a+c)

  2. C(M-N) - K(M-N) = (C-K)(M-N)

• Darkness_hacker99

  26 Mar 11, 06:49

  It's good too see parents here willing to help out children's homework  Nice bonding, keep it up.