document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=44819>Question 44819</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Here is another problem that my answer does not make sense....Please help me\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the ac test to determine which of the following trinominals can be factored. Find the values of m and n for each trinominal that can be factored.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2-3x + 7 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In your trinomial<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We have that a = 1, b= -3 and c = 7. The ac test consists of checking whether there are two numbers whose produce is equal to a*c and whose sum is equal to be.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In your case, ac = 1*7 = 7. Since 7 is a prime number, the only pair of numbers whose product is 7 is 1 and 7, or -1 and -7.. In either case, their sum is NOT equal to -3 (1 + 7 = 8  and  -1 + (-7) = -8).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We conclude that this trinomial cannot be factored.\r<BR>\n" );
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