Cho hai đa thức A = 6x^4 - 4x^3 + x - 1/3 và B = -3x^4 - 2x^3 - 5x^^2 + x
Cách thứ nhất:
\[\begin{array}{l} + \underline {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}\begin{array}{l}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,6{x^4} - 4{x^3}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, + x - \frac{1}{3}\\\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, - 3{x^4} - 2{x^3} - 5{x^2} + x + \frac{2}{3}\end{array}\end{array}} \\{\rm{A}}\,\,{\rm{ + }}\,\,{\rm{B = }}\,\,{\rm{3}}{x^4} - {\rm{6}}{{\rm{x}}^3} - 5{x^2} + 2x + \frac{1}{3}\end{array}\]
\[\begin{array}{l} - \underline {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}\begin{array}{l}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,6{x^4} - 4{x^3}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, + x - \frac{1}{3}\\\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, - 3{x^4} - 2{x^3} - 5{x^2} + x + \frac{2}{3}\end{array}\end{array}} \\{\rm{A }} - {\rm{ B = 9}}{x^4} - 2{{\rm{x}}^3} + 5{x^2}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, - 1\end{array}\]
Cách thứ hai:
A + B = (6x4 - 4x3 + x - \[\frac{1}{3}\]) + (-3x4 - 2x3 - 5x2 + x + \[\frac{2}{3}\])
= (6x4 - 3x4) + (-4x3 - 2x3) - 5x2 + (x + x) + \[\left( { - \frac{1}{3} + \frac{2}{3}} \right)\]
= 3x4 - 6x3 - 5x2 + 2x + \[\frac{1}{3}\]
A - B = (6x4 - 4x3 + x - \[\frac{1}{3}\]) - (-3x4 - 2x3 - 5x2 + x + \[\frac{2}{3}\])
= 6x4 - 4x3 + x - \[\frac{1}{3}\] + 3x4 + 2x3 + 5x2 - x - \[\frac{2}{3}\]
= (6x4 + 3x4) + (-4x3 + 2x3) + 5x2 + (x - x) + \[\left( { - \frac{1}{3} - \frac{2}{3}} \right)\]
= 9x4 - 2x3 + 5x2 - 1