Using Operations to Simplify Polynomials
This lesson teaches you how to simplify polynomials using operations. You will learn how to distribute negative signs and combine like terms to simplify expressions. The transcript demonstrates how to simplify both a binomial and a trinomial and how to use the distributive property to multiply binomials and trinomials. You will also learn that you cannot combine terms with different exponents. By the end of the lesson, you will be able to simplify polynomials with ease.
Using operations to simplify polynomials
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- How do I subtract polynomials from each other?
- How do I multiply polynomials together?
- What does (7b^2+6b-7)-(4b^2-2) equal?
- What does (a+b)*(a^3-3ab-b^2) equal?
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Staff Review
This lesson gives an example of how to subtract one polynomial from another, and then it gives an example of how to multiply two polynomials together using the distributive property.
