document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=28147>Question 28147</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 12^2+17x+6=___?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. (3x+2)(4x+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. (3x-2)(4x-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. (12x+2)(x+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. (12x+1)(x+6)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I factored all of these out and I get a little hung up..I beleive that C is the answer..but I can never figure out how you get the 17 in the middle?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you for your help! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #15346 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><B>longjonsilver(2297)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=longjonsilver><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=15346\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the answer is A\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the brackets tell you: every term in the first bracket is multiplied to every term in te second bracket:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if we had (a+b)(c+d) then we have four terms: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "ac<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ad\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "bc<BR>\n" );
document.write( "bd\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do this process with A and you see that you get the quadratic in the question..with the 17x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jon.\r<BR>\n" );
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