SOLUTION: Describe your strategy for factoring a polynomial. Give an example showing all of your steps please? Thank you

Question 35676: Describe your strategy for factoring a polynomial. Give an example showing all of your steps please?
Thank you
Answer by elima(1433) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'll try and do my best;
+7x+10
First thing you should do is look at your signs, these determine what signs are going to be in the parenthesis;
first; the "second" sign in this case it is +, so that means the signs in the factor are going to be the same;
the "first" sign is +, that tells us both signs are going to be +;
(x+_ )(x+_ );
Now are last number in the polynomial is 10; so we list the factors of 10;
2 and 5; 10 and 1; that's it. So which two factors, when added together = 7;
2 and 5; so we plug those numbers into the factor;
(x+2)(x+5)
Hope you understand
=)
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