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How many monomials will be in the polynomial (1+t^3+t^6+...+t^30)(1+t^5+t^10+...+t^30) after opening parentheses and adding similar terms?
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To find the number of monomials after multiplying these two polynomials and combining like terms, we can use combinatorial principles.

The first polynomial can be rewritten as:
1 + t^3 + t^6 + ... + t^30
with a total of 11 terms (exponents are multiples of 3, starting from 0 to 30).

The second polynomial can be rewritten as:
1 + t^5 + t^10 + ... + t^30
with a total of 7 terms (exponents are multiples of 5, starting from 0 to 30).

When we multiply these two polynomials, each term in the first polynomial will multiply with each term in the second polynomial, resulting in 11 * 7 = 77 monomials.

However, there will be some monomials with the same exponent after the multiplication, and we need to combine these like terms. To find the number of unique monomials, we can look at the possible exponents that can be obtained after multiplication:

The minimum possible exponent is 0 (1 * 1). The maximum possible exponent is 30 + 30 = 60. Since we are only dealing with multiples of 3 in the first polynomial and multiples of 5 in the second polynomial, we can have exponents that are multiples of 3 or 5 or 15.

Multiples of 3: 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 21, 24, 27, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, 54, 57, 60
Multiples of 5: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60
Multiples of 15: 15, 30, 45, 60

There are overlaps in these sets, so we will use the Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion to find the number of unique monomials.

There are 18 multiples of 3, 12 multiples of 5, and 4 multiples of 15.

The number of unique monomials is:
18 (multiples of 3) + 12 (multiples of 5) - 4 (multiples of 15) + 1 (constant term) = 18 + 12 - 4 + 1 = 27

So, there will be 27 monomials in the resulting polynomial after expanding and combining like terms.