SOLUTION: 3x^2+2x-18x-12 i can not figure out how to factor this problem

SOLUTION: 3x^2+2x-18x-12 i can not figure out how to factor this problem

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Question 635589: 3x^2+2x-18x-12 i can not figure out how to factor this problem
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given expression

Group the terms in two pairs

Factor out the GCF out of the first group. Factor out the GCF out of the second group

Since we have the common term , we can combine like terms

So factors to

In other words,

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