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What is (5x-3)^ - (2x+1)?
^ means square.
 Sep 15, 2013
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Lay out the parenthesis like this:

(5x-3)(5x-3)

Now foil it:

25x^2-15x-15x+9

Which simplifies to:
25x^2-30x+9

Now subtract 2x+1

25x^2-32x+8

Then use the quadratic formula to solve
 Sep 15, 2013

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