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	Name:\underline{\hspace{8cm}}  & Math 096 Midterm II \\
	& \hspace{3cm} 6 October 2011
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\textbf{Section I}  Perform the indicated operation. (10 each)
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	\prob	$(4x+2x^3+2x^2+3)-(4x^3+2x^2+x+9)$ &\prob	$(3x^3+2x^2+x)(x^2+2)$\\
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	\prob	$(2x+1)[(x^2+3x-8)+(x+4)]$ & \\
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	\prob	$\frac{x^5-7x^3-4x^2-18x+36}{x^2-9}$ & \prob  $\frac{2x^4-4x^3-7x-6}{2x+4}$\\	
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\textbf{Section II}  Factor. (10 each)
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	\prob	$16x^2+256x$ &\prob $x^2-9$ \\
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	\prob   $x^2-2x-24$ &\prob $3x^2+5x-2$ \\
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	\prob $3x^3-21x^2+30x$&\\
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``Even in the Valley of the Shadow of Death, two and two does not make six.'' --- Leo Tolstoy
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