Hints for solving the problems - Apply 2.1

Problem No. 2 - What are the terms in the expression?

                                3a³ - 2a²b + 7b² - 6

Terms are separated by positive and negative signs. The problem above has 4 terms.

The terms are:         3a³,  -2a²b,  7b²,  and  -6

Monomial is an expression with one term.     5ab

Binomial is an expression with two terms.      3xy  -  4w

Trinomial is an expression with three terms.     4ab  -  2x²  +  y³

Any expression with more terms does not have a name.

An expression with 5 terms would be:       2x²y  -  3y²  +  2x  -  3y  -  7

Problem No. 4  -  Simplify:     8  -  4(a  +  3)

Use the distributive property to multiply the -4 times both terms in the parenthesis and then combine like terms.

    8  -  4a  -  12  =  -4a  -  4     -4a - 4 is the answer.

Problem No. 8  –  Simplify:    6a  -  13  -  5a  +  15

Combine the like terms and put the answer in descending order.

       6a  -  5a  -  13  +  15  =  a  +  2      a  +  2 is the answer

Problem No. 12  -  Simplify:    7(b²  +  2b)  -  3(b  -  5)

Use the distributive property to get rid of the parenthesis and combine like terms.

       7b²  +  14b  -  3b  +  15  =     7b²  +  11b  +  15    the answer

Problem No. 18  -  Simplify:    4b(a  +  5)  -  7a  -  2(3ab  -  b²)

Use the distributive property to get rid of the parenthesis and combine like terms.

       4ab  +  20b  -  7a  -  6ab  +  2b²   =   2b²  -  2ab  -  7a  +  20b    the answer

Problem No. 22  -  Evaluate    8m  +  n  -  17  when  m  =  5  and  n  =  -1

Substitute the value of the variable for the variable, perform the operations and simplify.

        8(5 ) +  (-1)  -  17

          40   -     1   -  17

            40  -  18       22 the answer

Problem No. 28  -   Evaluate   2a³  -  7ab  +  3ac  -  10c  +  8

                     when  a  =  -2,  b  =  3,  and  c  =  5

             2(-2)³  -  8(-2)(3)  +  3(-2)(5 ) - 10(5)  +  8

                2(-8 ) -  (-16)(3)  +  (-6)(5)  -  50  +  8

                    -16  -  (-48)  +  (-30)  -  50  +  8

                         -16  +  48  -  30  -  50  +  8

                         -16  -  30  -  50  +  48  +  8

                                        -96  +  56           -40 is the answer