document.write( "Question 581889: I need help factoring this trinomial: 8k^2-9k+9 \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at the expression $\"8k%5E2-9k%2B9\"$ , we can see that the first coefficient is $\"8\"$ , the second coefficient is $\"-9\"$ , and the last term is $\"9\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now multiply the first coefficient $\"8\"$ by the last term $\"9\"$ to get $\"%288%29%289%29=72\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now the question is: what two whole numbers multiply to $\"72\"$ (the previous product) and add to the second coefficient $\"-9\"$ ?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To find these two numbers, we need to list all of the factors of $\"72\"$ (the previous product).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Factors of $\"72\"$ :\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Note: list the negative of each factor. This will allow us to find all possible combinations.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "These factors pair up and multiply to $\"72\"$ .\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1*72 = 72
\n" ); document.write( "2*36 = 72
\n" ); document.write( "3*24 = 72
\n" ); document.write( "4*18 = 72
\n" ); document.write( "6*12 = 72
\n" ); document.write( "8*9 = 72
\n" ); document.write( "(-1)*(-72) = 72
\n" ); document.write( "(-2)*(-36) = 72
\n" ); document.write( "(-3)*(-24) = 72
\n" ); document.write( "(-4)*(-18) = 72
\n" ); document.write( "(-6)*(-12) = 72
\n" ); document.write( "(-8)*(-9) = 72\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's add up each pair of factors to see if one pair adds to the middle coefficient $\"-9\"$ :\r
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First Number	Second Number	Sum
1	72	1+72=73
2	36	2+36=38
3	24	3+24=27
4	18	4+18=22
6	12	6+12=18
8	9	8+9=17
-1	-72	-1+(-72)=-73
-2	-36	-2+(-36)=-38
-3	-24	-3+(-24)=-27
-4	-18	-4+(-18)=-22
-6	-12	-6+(-12)=-18
-8	-9	-8+(-9)=-17

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From the table, we can see that there are no pairs of numbers which add to $\"-9\"$ . So $\"8k%5E2-9k%2B9\"$ cannot be factored.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So $\"8k%5E2-9k%2B9\"$ doesn't factor at all (over the rational numbers).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So $\"8k%5E2-9k%2B9\"$ is prime.
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