Hank’s teacher asked him to verify that the product (y−3)(y2+3y+9) is a difference of cubes. He used the distributive property to multiply the binomial times the trinomial. Before simplifying, his product was a polynomial of the form y3+3y2+ay−3y2−ay−27. What is the value of a in the polynomial? 3 9 18 27

a = 9

Step-by-step explanation:

In the product (y−3)(y2+3y+9), we can get the first degree term of y in two ways,

y*(9),  or -3*(3y)value in parentheses are from the second factor

therefore a = 9

a = 9

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's work on the product to answer the question:

therefore the value of the requested "a" is 9

answer:     true

step-by-step explanation:

(f - g)(x) = 5x^3 - 3

step-by-step explanation:

rearrange these functions vertically, with like terms in separate columns:

f(x) = 5x^3 - 2

g(x) =         +1

now subtract, column by column:

(f - g)(x) = 5x^3 - 3