document.write( "Question 472326: Hello. I am having troubles with the problem -x^2-7x+30. Factoring trinomials. Write each factor in descending order. I'm not getting an answer, I don't know what would multiply to 30 and add to 7. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "-x^2-7x+30
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document.write( "factoring
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document.write( "(-x + 3)(x + 10)
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document.write( "Checking the factoring using FOIL
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document.write( "F	First terms -x^2
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document.write( "O	Outside terms -10x
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document.write( "I	Inside terms    3x
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document.write( "L	Last terms     30
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