document.write( "Question 347687: how do you simplify 15x^2+75x-1260
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"15%28x%5E2%2B5x-84%29\"$ Factor out the GCF $\"15\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at $\"1x%5E2%2B5x-84\"$ we can see that the first term is $\"1x%5E2\"$ and the last term is $\"-84\"$ where the coefficients are 1 and -84 respectively.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now multiply the first coefficient 1 and the last coefficient -84 to get -84. Now what two numbers multiply to -84 and add to the middle coefficient 5? Let's list all of the factors of -84:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-1,-2,-3,-4,-6,-7,-12,-14,-21,-28,-42,-84 ...List the negative factors as well. This will allow us to find all possible combinations\r
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First Number	Second Number	Sum
1	-84	1+(-84)=-83
2	-42	2+(-42)=-40
3	-28	3+(-28)=-25
4	-21	4+(-21)=-17
6	-14	6+(-14)=-8
7	-12	7+(-12)=-5
-1	84	-1+84=83
-2	42	-2+42=40
-3	28	-3+28=25
-4	21	-4+21=17
-6	14	-6+14=8
-7	12	-7+12=5

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now looking at the expression $\"1x%5E2%2B5x-84\"$ , replace $\"5x\"$ with $\"-7x%2B12x\"$ (notice $\"-7x%2B12x\"$ adds up to $\"5x\"$ . So it is equivalent to $\"5x\"$ )\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"1x%5E2%2Bhighlight%28-7x%2B12x%29%2B-84\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's factor $\"1x%5E2-7x%2B12x-84\"$ by grouping:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%281x%5E2-7x%29%2B%2812x-84%29\"$ Group like terms\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%28x-7%29%2B12%28x-7%29\"$ Factor out the GCF of $\"x\"$ out of the first group. Factor out the GCF of $\"12\"$ out of the second group\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28x%2B12%29%28x-7%29\"$ Since we have a common term of $\"x-7\"$ , we can combine like terms\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So this also means that $\"1x%5E2%2B5x-84\"$ factors to $\"%28x%2B12%29%28x-7%29\"$ (since $\"1x%5E2%2B5x-84\"$ is equivalent to $\"1x%5E2-7x%2B12x-84\"$ )\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So our expression goes from $\"15%28x%5E2%2B5x-84%29\"$ and factors further to $\"15%28x%2B12%29%28x-7%29\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So $\"15x%5E2%2B75x-1260\"$ factors to $\"15%28x%2B12%29%28x-7%29\"$ \r
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