document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=44361>Question 44361</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> for what whole number values of b could you solve the equation 3x^2 + bx - 2=0 by factoring? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Looking at the ac method of factoring you need to find two numbers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "whose product is ac=(3)(-2)=-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and whose sum = b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Whole numbers whose product is -6 are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 and -6 whose sum is -5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1 and 6 whose sum is +5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 and -3 whose sum is -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2 and 3 whose sum is +1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the whole number values b can take are -5,+5,-1,+1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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