(Score for Question 1: ___ of 5 points)

What is the product of 1/2x-1/4 and 5x^2-2x+6? Write your answer in standard form.


(A) Show your work.


(Score for Question 2: ___ of 5 points)

What is the product of -2x^3+x-5 and x^3-3x-4?


(A) Show your work.


(B) Is the product of -2x^3+x-5 and x^3-3x-4 equal to the product of x^3-3x-4 and -2x^3+x-5? Explain your answer.





(Score for Question 3: ___ of 5 points)

Write an equation in which the quadratic expression 2x^2-2x-12 equals 0. Show the expression in factored form and explain what your solutions mean for the equation. Show your work