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OpenStudy (autumnbottom123):

PLEASE HELP IM GETTING SO ANNOYED. I need help creating a polynomial identity and using algebraic proof to solve step by step.

OpenStudy (thecatman):

what do you have so far as ideas

OpenStudy (autumnbottom123):

(x-y)^2+(ax+b)

OpenStudy (autumnbottom123):

I know I need to equal it to something but I don't know what

OpenStudy (thecatman):

well you need to makeup values for the letters to have a solution

OpenStudy (autumnbottom123):

So I make up the values first then what?

OpenStudy (thecatman):

solve the equation using the values to get the solution

OpenStudy (autumnbottom123):

How can I solve the equation if it isn't an equation, because it doesn't equal anything yet?

OpenStudy (thecatman):

here is an example i have found

OpenStudy (thecatman):

try plugging in 0 for x in the equation to solve for y then resolve with your y value found to get the answer.

OpenStudy (autumnbottom123):

(x-y)^2+(ax+b) so I plug in 0's of this, I get that. But I don't know how to do the other part that you're talking about.

OpenStudy (thecatman):

(0-y)^2+(2(0)+3) b=3 a=2 y=? x=? the zero is meant to help find they value and once you find the y value you plug it in the equation as y and change x from zero back to x to solve.

OpenStudy (autumnbottom123):

I know I sound stupid, but how would I find the y value?

OpenStudy (thecatman):

solve the equation

OpenStudy (autumnbottom123):

How did you get 2 for a?

OpenStudy (autumnbottom123):

So my teacher said that my polynomial identity was perfect, I just need to multiply it out, simplify and then factor to show the original or something like that

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