selecting problem

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lrsm
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how would i select the 3x^2+2x out of 3x^2+2x+8=?
is this possible to do. I would like to be able to do this in order to insert selections like this into parentheses and deal with them together. i hope that this can be accomplished but no amount of tapping has gotten me anywhere thus far.

thanks

Brad Larson
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Unfortunately, there is no easy way to do this. The whole addition operation is considered one unit, and I can't think of an easy way to select sub-components of it. It looks like you'll need to remove the +8 portion, select the remaining addition operation, wrap that in another addition operation, and then enter in 8 for the remaining blank number.

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