Modeling Polynomials

For the Algebra tiles red are positive and everything else are negative.

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(x-1)^2

 

 

x^2-2x+1

 

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(x+1)^2

 

x^2+2x+1

 

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(x-1)(x+1)

 

x^2-1

 

The fourth question can not be represent by algebra tiles but by the rules I can fond out the simplist form of the equation.

(x-1)^3

 

x^3-3x-1

 

 

One thought on “Modeling Polynomials

  1. Just a note the traditionally the red tiles are used as negative. Use Pascals Triangle to expand (x-1)^3 and check your expansion here.

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