Me. Erickson did the following problem. She noticed she made a big mistake! What mistake did Ms. Erickson make while solving the problem?
(6x^3+4x-10)+(-3x^2+2x+8)=3x^3+6x-3

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Answer:

Her mistakes are;

She added unlike terms [tex]6x^{3}[/tex] and [tex]-3x^{2}[/tex] and gave the answer [tex]3x^{3}[/tex]

She added -10 and 8 and gave the answer -3

Step-by-step explanation:

let us try to find her mistake

We have two algebric expressions to add them

→ [tex]6x^{3}+4x-10[/tex]

→ [tex]-3x^{2}+2x+8[/tex]

We must add the like terms

The like terms are:

→ 4x and 2x, -10 and 8

→ [tex]4x+2x=6x[/tex]

→ [tex]-10+8=-2[/tex]

So Let us add the expression to find her mistakes

[tex](6x^{3}+4x-10)+(-3x^{2}+2x+8)=6x^{3}-3x^{2}+6x-2[/tex]

The correct answer is: [tex]6x^{3}-3x^{2}+6x-2[/tex]

By comparing our answer with her answer her mistakes are:

  1. She added unlike terms [tex]6x^{3}[/tex] and [tex]-3x^{2}[/tex] and gave the answer [tex]3x^{3}[/tex]
  2. She added -10 and 8 and gave answer -3