document.write( "Question 166812: how do you factor a polynomial of the form ax2 + bx + c when a is not equal to 1. \n" ); document.write( "

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how do you factor say $\"x%5E2%2B5x%2B15=12\"$
\n" ); document.write( "All you have to do is subtract 12 from each side and you get $\"x%5E2%2B5x%2B3=0\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Now you can use the quadratic equation to solve.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4%2Aa%2Ac+%29%29%2F%282%2Aa%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "such that $\"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Remember that this formula is = to 0 instead of 1. \n" ); document.write( "

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