document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=42842>Question 42842</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am working on factoring trinomials. The thing is I am so confused with some problems. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x² + x - 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "can you help me???? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2x^2 + x - 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what we do is to set up our binomial's parentheses first<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then we look at the second sign, the minus in front of the 6...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "since it's minus, we know our binomial factors have different signs...<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then we say \"what are the factors of 12 (the 2 times the 6) that have a difference of 1 (the coefficient of the middle term)?\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The factors are 4 and 3...we then try to place the factors of 2x^2 and the factors of -6 in such a way that when we FOIL it out we get the +1x middle term...we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x + 2)(2x - 3)  </SPAN>\n" );
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