Factoring And Expanding Polynomials; Finding Prime Factors Of A Number - Texas Instruments TITANIUM TI-89 User Manual

Factoring and Expanding Polynomials

Factoring and Expanding Polynomials Factoring and Expanding Polynomials Factoring and Expanding Polynomials
Use the („
factor
factor(expression
expand(expression
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Factor . Then expand the result.
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Notice that and
factor
opposite operations.

Finding Prime Factors of a Number

Finding Prime Factors of a Number Finding Prime Factors of a Number Finding Prime Factors of a Number
The („ ) function lets you do more than simply factor an algebraic polynomial.
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You can find prime factors of a rational
number (either an integer or a ratio of
integers).
Symbolic Manipulation
) and („
2 expand
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for factoring with respect to a variable
[, ]
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for partial expansion with respect to a
variable
perform
expand
) functions.
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