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Algebra Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Simplify and reorder the polynomial.
Step 1.1.1
Simplify terms.
Step 1.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.1.1.2
Reorder.
Step 1.1.1.2.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.1.1.2.2
Move to the left of .
Step 1.1.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.1.1.3.1
Move .
Step 1.1.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.2
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 1.1.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.1.2.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.1.2.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.1.3
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 1.1.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.1.3.1.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.1.3.1.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.1.3.1.2.1
Move .
Step 1.1.3.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.3.1.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.1.3.1.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.1.3.1.2.3
Add and .
Step 1.1.3.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.3.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.3.1.5
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.1.3.1.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.1.3.1.6.1
Move .
Step 1.1.3.1.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.3.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.3.1.8
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.1.4
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 1.1.5
Simplify terms.
Step 1.1.5.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.1.5.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.1.5.1.1.1
Move .
Step 1.1.5.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.5.1.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.1.5.1.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.1.5.1.1.3
Add and .
Step 1.1.5.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.5.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.1.5.1.3.1
Move .
Step 1.1.5.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.5.1.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.1.5.1.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.1.5.1.3.3
Add and .
Step 1.1.5.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.5.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.1.5.1.5.1
Move .
Step 1.1.5.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.5.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.5.2
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 1.1.5.2.1
Add and .
Step 1.1.5.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.1.6
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 1.1.7
Simplify terms.
Step 1.1.7.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.1.7.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.1.7.1.1.1
Move .
Step 1.1.7.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.7.1.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.1.7.1.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.1.7.1.1.3
Add and .
Step 1.1.7.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.7.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.1.7.1.3.1
Move .
Step 1.1.7.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.7.1.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.1.7.1.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.1.7.1.3.3
Add and .
Step 1.1.7.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.7.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.1.7.1.5.1
Move .
Step 1.1.7.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.7.1.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.1.7.1.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.1.7.1.5.3
Add and .
Step 1.1.7.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.7.1.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.1.7.1.7.1
Move .
Step 1.1.7.1.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.7.1.8
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.7.2
Simplify terms.
Step 1.1.7.2.1
Add and .
Step 1.1.7.2.2
Add and .
Step 1.1.7.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 1.1.7.2.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.1.8
Simplify.
Step 1.1.8.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.1.8.1.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 1.1.8.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.8.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.8.1.4
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.1.8.1.5
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.1.8.2
Combine and .
Step 1.1.8.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.8.4
Combine and .
Step 1.1.8.5
Multiply .
Step 1.1.8.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.8.5.2
Combine and .
Step 1.1.8.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.8.5.4
Combine and .
Step 1.1.8.6
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.1.8.6.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 1.1.8.6.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.8.6.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.1.8.6.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.1.8.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.8.8
Multiply .
Step 1.1.8.8.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.8.8.2
Combine and .
Step 1.1.8.8.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.8.8.4
Combine and .
Step 1.1.8.9
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.1.8.9.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 1.1.8.9.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.8.9.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.8.9.4
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.1.8.9.5
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.1.8.10
Combine and .
Step 1.1.8.11
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.8.12
Combine and .
Step 1.1.9
Simplify each term.
Step 1.1.9.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.1.9.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.1.9.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.2
The largest exponent is the degree of the polynomial.
Step 2
Since the degree is odd, the ends of the function will point in the opposite directions.
Odd
Step 3
Step 3.1
Simplify the polynomial, then reorder it left to right starting with the highest degree term.
Step 3.1.1
Simplify terms.
Step 3.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.1.1.2
Reorder.
Step 3.1.1.2.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.1.1.2.2
Move to the left of .
Step 3.1.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.1.3.1
Move .
Step 3.1.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.2
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 3.1.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.1.2.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.1.2.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.1.3
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 3.1.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 3.1.3.1.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.1.3.1.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.3.1.2.1
Move .
Step 3.1.3.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.3.1.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.3.1.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.3.1.2.3
Add and .
Step 3.1.3.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.3.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.3.1.5
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.1.3.1.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.3.1.6.1
Move .
Step 3.1.3.1.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.3.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.3.1.8
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 3.1.4
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 3.1.5
Simplify terms.
Step 3.1.5.1
Simplify each term.
Step 3.1.5.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.5.1.1.1
Move .
Step 3.1.5.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.5.1.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.5.1.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.5.1.1.3
Add and .
Step 3.1.5.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.5.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.5.1.3.1
Move .
Step 3.1.5.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.5.1.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.5.1.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.5.1.3.3
Add and .
Step 3.1.5.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.5.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.5.1.5.1
Move .
Step 3.1.5.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.5.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.5.2
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 3.1.5.2.1
Add and .
Step 3.1.5.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 3.1.6
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 3.1.7
Simplify terms.
Step 3.1.7.1
Simplify each term.
Step 3.1.7.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.7.1.1.1
Move .
Step 3.1.7.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.7.1.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.7.1.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.7.1.1.3
Add and .
Step 3.1.7.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.7.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.7.1.3.1
Move .
Step 3.1.7.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.7.1.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.7.1.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.7.1.3.3
Add and .
Step 3.1.7.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.7.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.7.1.5.1
Move .
Step 3.1.7.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.7.1.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.7.1.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.7.1.5.3
Add and .
Step 3.1.7.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.7.1.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.7.1.7.1
Move .
Step 3.1.7.1.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.7.1.8
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.7.2
Simplify terms.
Step 3.1.7.2.1
Add and .
Step 3.1.7.2.2
Add and .
Step 3.1.7.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 3.1.7.2.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.1.8
Simplify.
Step 3.1.8.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.1.8.1.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 3.1.8.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.8.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.8.1.4
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.1.8.1.5
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.1.8.2
Combine and .
Step 3.1.8.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.8.4
Combine and .
Step 3.1.8.5
Multiply .
Step 3.1.8.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.8.5.2
Combine and .
Step 3.1.8.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.8.5.4
Combine and .
Step 3.1.8.6
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.1.8.6.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 3.1.8.6.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.8.6.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.1.8.6.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.1.8.7
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.8.8
Multiply .
Step 3.1.8.8.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.8.8.2
Combine and .
Step 3.1.8.8.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.8.8.4
Combine and .
Step 3.1.8.9
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.1.8.9.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 3.1.8.9.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.8.9.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.8.9.4
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.1.8.9.5
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.1.8.10
Combine and .
Step 3.1.8.11
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.8.12
Combine and .
Step 3.1.9
Simplify each term.
Step 3.1.9.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.1.9.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.1.9.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.2
The leading term in a polynomial is the term with the highest degree.
Step 3.3
The leading coefficient in a polynomial is the coefficient of the leading term.
Step 4
Since the leading coefficient is negative, the graph falls to the right.
Negative
Step 5
Use the degree of the function, as well as the sign of the leading coefficient to determine the behavior.
1. Even and Positive: Rises to the left and rises to the right.
2. Even and Negative: Falls to the left and falls to the right.
3. Odd and Positive: Falls to the left and rises to the right.
4. Odd and Negative: Rises to the left and falls to the right
Step 6
Determine the behavior.
Rises to the left and falls to the right
Step 7