Polynomials and fractions

9000101705

Level: 
B
Factor the following polynomial expression. \[ 16a^{2}b^{2} - 4a^{2}c^{2} - 16b^{2}d^{2} + 4c^{2}d^{2} \]
\(4\left (a - d\right )\left (a + d\right )\left (2b + c\right )\left (2b - c\right )\)
\(4\left (a + b\right )^{2}\left (2b + c\right )^{2}\)
\(4\left (a - b\right )\left (a + b\right )\left (2b + c\right )\left (2b - c\right )\)
\(4\left (a - c\right )\left (a + c\right )\left (2b + d\right )\left (2b - d\right )\)

9000101707

Level: 
C
Factor the following polynomial. \[ x^{6} - 1 \]
\(\left (x - 1\right )\left (x + 1\right )\left (x^{2} + x + 1\right )\left (x^{2} - x + 1\right )\)
\(\left (x - 1\right )\left (x + 1\right )\left (x^{2} + x + 1\right )\left (x^{2} - x - 1\right )\)
\(\left (x - 1\right )\left (x + 1\right )\left (x^{2} + 2x + 1\right )\left (x^{2} - 2x + 1\right )\)
\(\left (x - 1\right )\left (x + 1\right )\left (x^{2} + x - 1\right )\left (x^{2} - x + 1\right )\)

9000087505

Level: 
C
Assuming \(x\in \mathbb{R}\setminus \left \{-\frac{1} {2}\right \}\), find the quotient of the polynomials. \[ (4x^{3} - 1) : (2x + 1) \]
\(2x^{2} - x + \frac{1} {2} - \frac{\frac{3} {2} } {2x+1}\)
\(2x^{2} + x + \frac{1} {2} - \frac{\frac{3} {2} } {2x+1}\)
\(2x^{2} - x + \frac{1} {4} - \frac{\frac{3} {2} } {2x+1}\)
\(2x^{2} + x + \frac{1} {4} - \frac{\frac{3} {2} } {2x+1}\)