document.write( "Question 174852: what is the factors of m^2-14m+48? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at the expression $\"m%5E2-14m%2B48\"$ , we can see that the first coefficient is $\"1\"$ , the second coefficient is $\"-14\"$ , and the last term is $\"48\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now multiply the first coefficient $\"1\"$ by the last term $\"48\"$ to get $\"%281%29%2848%29=48\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now the question is: what two whole numbers multiply to $\"48\"$ (the previous product) and add to the second coefficient $\"-14\"$ ?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To find these two numbers, we need to list all of the factors of $\"48\"$ (the previous product).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Factors of $\"48\"$ :\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Note: list the negative of each factor. This will allow us to find all possible combinations.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "These factors pair up and multiply to $\"48\"$ .\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1*48
\n" ); document.write( "2*24
\n" ); document.write( "3*16
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\n" ); document.write( "6*8
\n" ); document.write( "(-1)*(-48)
\n" ); document.write( "(-2)*(-24)
\n" ); document.write( "(-3)*(-16)
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's add up each pair of factors to see if one pair adds to the middle coefficient $\"-14\"$ :\r
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First Number	Second Number	Sum
1	48	1+48=49
2	24	2+24=26
3	16	3+16=19
4	12	4+12=16
6	8	6+8=14
-1	-48	-1+(-48)=-49
-2	-24	-2+(-24)=-26
-3	-16	-3+(-16)=-19
-4	-12	-4+(-12)=-16
-6	-8	-6+(-8)=-14

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From the table, we can see that the two numbers $\"-6\"$ and $\"-8\"$ add to $\"-14\"$ (the middle coefficient).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the two numbers $\"-6\"$ and $\"-8\"$ both multiply to $\"48\"$ and add to $\"-14\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now replace the middle term $\"-14m\"$ with $\"-6m-8m\"$ . Remember, $\"-6\"$ and $\"-8\"$ add to $\"-14\"$ . So this shows us that $\"-6m-8m=-14m\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"m%5E2%2Bhighlight%28-6m-8m%29%2B48\"$ Replace the second term $\"-14m\"$ with $\"-6m-8m\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28m%5E2-6m%29%2B%28-8m%2B48%29\"$ Group the terms into two pairs.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"m%28m-6%29%2B%28-8m%2B48%29\"$ Factor out the GCF $\"m\"$ from the first group.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"m%28m-6%29-8%28m-6%29\"$ Factor out $\"8\"$ from the second group. The goal of this step is to make the terms in the second parenthesis equal to the terms in the first parenthesis.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28m-8%29%28m-6%29\"$ Combine like terms. Or factor out the common term $\"m-6\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So $\"m%5E2-14m%2B48\"$ factors to $\"%28m-8%29%28m-6%29\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Note: you can check the answer by FOILing $\"%28m-8%29%28m-6%29\"$ to get $\"m%5E2-14m%2B48\"$ or by graphing the original expression and the answer (the two graphs should be identical).
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