An expression is shown below:

2x3y + 8xy - 4x2y - 16y

part a: rewrite the expression so that the gcf is factored completely. (3 points)

part b: rewrite the expression completely factored. show the steps of your work. (4 points)

part c: if the two middle terms were switched so that the expression became 2x3y - 4x2y + 8xy - 16y, would the factored expression no longer be equivalent to your answer in part b? explain your reasoning. (3 points)

question 2 (essay worth 10 points)

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part a: write the expression x2 + 2x - 24 as a product of two linear expression

Determine the common ratio and find the next three terms of the geometric sequence. 10, 2, 0.4, a. 0.2; -0.4, -2, -10 c. 0.02; 0.08, 0.016, 0.0032 b. 0.02; -0.4, -2, -10 d. 0.2; 0.08, 0.016, 0.0032 select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d

I'm at a bookstore with $\$35$ in my pocket and a $20\%$-off coupon. what is the cost of the most expensive book i can buy with my money and the coupon? (assume that there are books of every possible price in the bookstore. it's a large bookstore! )

Our star pitcher, foster enlight, can throw a pitch so fast that it gets to the catcher’s mitt before it leaves foster’s fingers! if the team wins a game then the probability that foster was pitching is 0.8 but only if foster had at least one day’s rest since his last pitching assignment. if foster does not have a day off and the team still wins, the probability that foster was pitching drops by half of what it was on the previous day. if the team wins three games in succession from the toronto tachyons and foster pitched in game #2, what is the probability that he pitched in one or more of the other games? (assume that foster did not pitch on the day before the first game of this three game series.)