SOLUTION: how do you factor a polynomial of the form ax2 + bx + c when a is not equal to 1.

SOLUTION: how do you factor a polynomial of the form ax2 + bx + c when a is not equal to 1.

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Question 166812: how do you factor a polynomial of the form ax2 + bx + c when a is not equal to 1.
Answer by MRperkins(300) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
how do you factor say
All you have to do is subtract 12 from each side and you get
Now you can use the quadratic equation to solve.

such that
Remember that this formula is = to 0 instead of 1.
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