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  • Feb 7, 2011, 10:01 AM
    suzisu
    maths

    I'm stuck here don't have a clue what to do. I've read all my school textbooks but it doesn't make much sense! The numbers after the letters are small figures as in they u3 meaning( u x u x u). Ta!

    Factorise the expression
    5 u3v +15 uv2-10v
    taking out the highest common factor. Choose the expression that remains in brackets when this is done.
    Select one:
    u 3 + 3 uv − 10 
    u 3 + 3 uv − 2
    u 3 + 15 uv − 2 
    u 3 + 3 uv 2 − 2 
    u 3v + 3 uv − 2 
    5 u 3 + 3 uv − 2 
    u 3v + 3 uv 2 − 2 v 
    5 u 3 + 15 uv − 10 

  • Feb 7, 2011, 10:21 AM
    ebaines

    The convention we use for power is the carat symbol: ^. Thus "5^3" means 5 x 5 x 5. Your equation is therefore : 5u^3v +15uv^2 -10v.

    Also, it looks like you tried to cut and paste characters from a document program such as Word - but unfortunately that doesn't work well on this site, as you can see.

    But to help with your question - note that each term has a common factor of 5v. Divide through by 5v and you get:

    5v(u^3+3u-2)
  • Feb 8, 2011, 04:01 AM
    suzisu
    Great thanks!

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