## anonymous one year ago The distance covered by an object is governed by the expression x3 + 3x2 + 2x. If the time taken to cover this distance is given by x + 1, what is the expression that governs the speed of the object? x2+2x x2+2x−1x+1 x+2 x2+1x+1

1. anonymous

what a weird way to ask you to find $\frac{3^3+3x^2+2x}{x+1}$

2. anonymous

$\frac{x^3+3x^2+2x}{x+1}$actually

3. anonymous

im at total loss I have no idea what this question is asking for ive been outta school 8 months

4. anonymous

they made a silly word problem is all distance divided by time is rate, so really they are asking you to divide one polynomial by another

5. anonymous

i wrote above exactly what it is asking in math rather than in words, namely it is asking for $\frac{x^3+3x^2+2x}{x+1}$

6. anonymous

I didn't learn anything about polynomials yet I don't know which one it would be

7. anonymous

my teach thinks the third one

8. anonymous

do you know how to divide polynomials?

9. anonymous

your teacher "thinks" it is the third one??!!

10. anonymous

(hint, it is definitely not the third one!)

11. anonymous

my teachers a history teacher and im stuck doing math all day n I don't know how to divide them at all

12. anonymous

this topic was new to me 5 mins ago

13. anonymous

it is almost impossible for me to show you how to divide polynomials here you can read about it if you like on the other hand, if you just want the answer, once you know that the question is really a division problem, and since you are on the computer, use the computer to solve it

14. anonymous

i will send a link with the answer you can see what i wrote, and where the answer is

15. anonymous

thank you very much bc I tried everything and im struggling

16. anonymous
17. anonymous

look at "alternate forms" you will find $$x(x+2)$$ which is not an answer choice, but it is the same as $x^2+2x$

18. anonymous

that website is there a fee to get calcs on it like that

19. anonymous

you can pay if you want special features, but no, it is free also very smart, so be careful how you use it

20. anonymous

notice the use of parentheses when i made the fractions

21. anonymous