SOLUTION: Factor the following: -20+31x-12x^2

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Question 535922: Factor the following: -20+31x-12x^2
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Write the opposite way

Use the quadratic formula










and



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I can also say

(1)
multiply both sides by
(1)
and

(2)
multiply both sides by
(2)
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Multiply (1) and (2)


So, the factors are

and

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