Precalculus Examples

Find the Degree f(x)=a(x-6)(x-i)(x+i)(x-(-9+i))(x-(-9-i))
Step 1
Simplify and reorder the polynomial.
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Step 1.1
Simplify by multiplying through.
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Step 1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 1.2
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 1.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.2.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.2.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.3
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.3.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Move .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 1.4
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 1.5
Simplify terms.
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Step 1.5.1
Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 1.5.1.1
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
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Add and .
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Add and .
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Simplify each term.
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Move .
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.5.2.1.3
Add and .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Move .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply .
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Raise to the power of .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Rewrite as .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Move .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply .
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Raise to the power of .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Rewrite as .
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Multiply by .
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Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 1.5.3.1
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
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Subtract from .
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Add and .
Step 1.5.4
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.5.4.1
Apply the distributive property.
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Multiply by .
Step 1.6
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 1.7
Simplify terms.
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Step 1.7.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.7.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.7.1.1.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Move to the left of .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.7.1.3.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Move to the left of .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.7.1.5.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 1.7.1.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 1.7.2
Simplify by adding terms.
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Subtract from .
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Subtract from .
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Subtract from .
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Simplify each term.
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Step 1.7.3.1
Apply the distributive property.
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 1.8
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 1.9
Simplify terms.
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Step 1.9.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.9.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 1.9.1.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Move to the left of .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 1.9.1.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.9.1.5.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply .
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Step 1.9.1.7.1
Raise to the power of .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Rewrite as .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Move .
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.9.1.13.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.9.1.15.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply .
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Raise to the power of .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Rewrite as .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Move .
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply .
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Step 1.9.1.23.1
Raise to the power of .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Rewrite as .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply .
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Raise to the power of .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Rewrite as .
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Multiply by .
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Simplify by adding terms.
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Step 1.9.2.1
Combine the opposite terms in .
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Reorder the factors in the terms and .
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Subtract from .
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Add and .
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Add and .
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Add and .
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Add and .
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Add and .
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Subtract from .
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Add and .
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Step 1.10.1
Reorder and .
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Subtract from .
Step 1.11
Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 1.11.1
Add and .
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Add and .
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Add and .
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Subtract from .
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Add and .
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Step 1.14.1
Reorder and .
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Subtract from .
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Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 1.15.1
Add and .
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Add and .
Step 1.16
Add and .
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Subtract from .
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Add and .
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Step 1.18.1
Reorder and .
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Subtract from .
Step 1.19
Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 1.19.1
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
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Add and .
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Add and .
Step 1.20
Subtract from .
Step 2
The largest exponent is the degree of the polynomial.