Finite Math and Applied Calculus (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1133607705
ISBN 13: 978-1-13360-770-0

Chapter 0 - Section 0.3 - Multiplying and Factoring Algebraic Expressions - Exercises - Page 21: 27

Answer

$-x^{3}(x^{3}+1)\sqrt{x+1}$

Work Step by Step

From the two terms, we can factor out $(x^{3}+1)$ and $\sqrt{x+1}$ $...=(x^{3}+1)\sqrt{x+1}[1-(x^{3}+1)]$ $=(x^{3}+1)\sqrt{x+1}(-x^{3})$ $=-x^{3}(x^{3}+1)\sqrt{x+1}$ Note: For $x^{3}+1$ there is a special formula, the sum of cubes: $a^{3}+b^{3}=(a+b)(a^{2}-ab+b^{2})$ so $x^{3}+1=(x+1)(x^{2}-x+1)$ The answer could be further factored: $-x^{3}(x+1)(x^{2}-x+1)\sqrt{x+1}$ but the sum of cubes is not covered in this section, so we leave the answer as it is.
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