document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=53227>Question 53227</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618306056/algebrahomeworkh>Beginning Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Text-Book is \"Beginning Algebra\" with applications by Aufmann/Barker/Lockwood<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Factoring polynomials of the Form ax2 + bx + c ??? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "how do I solve these problems?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15.) 6t cubed - 11t + 4,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17.) 8x cubed + 33x + 4,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "19.) 3b cubed - 16b + 16,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "21.) 2z cubed - 27z - 14,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "23.) 3p cubed + 22p - 16,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25.) 6x cubed - 17x + 12,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #35670 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=35670\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I think in your problem, every time you wrote \"cubed\", you mean \"squared\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This means that it should be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6t%5E2+-11t+%2B+4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6t%5E2+-11t+%2B+4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, which does NOT factor (maybe you copied it wrong!).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8x%5E2+%2B33x%2B4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8x%5E2+%2B33x%2B4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, which is (8x+1)(x+4).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "19.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+3b%5E2+-16b+%2B+16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+3b%5E2+-16b+%2B+16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, which is (3b-4)(b-4).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perhaps you should see my explanation about this in my book which is available free on my website.  Click on my tutor name \"rapaljer\" anywhere in algebra.com, then look for \"Basic Algebra\", then \"Samples from Basic Algebra: One Step at a Time\", then \"Chapter 2\", and the name of the section is \"Advanced Trinomial Factoring.\"   This section and and the other sections on factoring in this chapter will help you. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC  </SPAN>\n" );
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