document.write( "Question 430017: FACTOR\r
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document.write( "x^2+9\r
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document.write( "And FACTOR..\r
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document.write( "2x^3+10x^2+3x+15 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #298624 by solver91311(24713)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "cannot be factored over the reals.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The complex factors are\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Sorry, one problem per post. Hint for the second one: Use the Rational Roots Theorem to determine the possible rational roots of\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then test each possible rational root using synthetic division. Go to Purple Math and look up synthetic division if you don't know how to do it. One of the possible roots will come out even giving you one factor and the synthetic division quotient will give you the other.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "John \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |