document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=263136>Question 263136</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you get the factor form of\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n^2 - 3n -18  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #193885 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drk><B>drk(1908)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drk><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=193885\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> here we want 2 numbers that add to -3 and multiply to -18.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the product is - we must use a positive and a negative number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "listing the factor pairs of 18, we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 1, 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2, 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3, 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Notice that if 3 were positive and 6 were negative, we get +3 -6 = -3 which is our middle number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we now write 2 binomials as<BR>\n" );
document.write( " (n - _____)(n - ______)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the blanks are waiting for our numbers +3 and -6. PUtting those in we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(n+3)(n-6) </SPAN>\n" );
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