SOLUTION: i am having trouble solving this equation how can you factor 2a2 + 1 + 3a

Question 622580: i am having trouble solving this equation
how can you factor
2a2 + 1 + 3a
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Set it equal to zero

Complete the square

Take the square root of both sides

and

Hope I got it
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
i am having trouble solving this equation
how can you factor
2a2 + 1 + 3a

You DID NOT submit an equation, but a trinomial instead

You'll need to find two factors whose PRODUCT is "+ 2" (product of "c" and "a", and whose sum is + 3 (coefficient of b)

The two factors that satisfy this criteria are + 1, and + 2

We then have: ...That's it!!

If it's indeed an equation that you meant to post, then just set both binomials equal to 0 (zero), and solve for a to get 2 solutions.

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