document.write( "Question 590911: Would someone show me how to do this step by step?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Looking at the expression $\"5s%5E2-22s%2B8\"$ , we can see that the first coefficient is $\"5\"$ , the second coefficient is $\"-22\"$ , and the last term is $\"8\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now multiply the first coefficient $\"5\"$ by the last term $\"8\"$ to get $\"%285%29%288%29=40\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now the question is: what two whole numbers multiply to $\"40\"$ (the previous product) and add to the second coefficient $\"-22\"$ ?\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 $\"40\"$ (the previous product).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Factors of $\"40\"$ :\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 $\"40\"$ .\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1*40 = 40
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\n" ); document.write( "4*10 = 40
\n" ); document.write( "5*8 = 40
\n" ); document.write( "(-1)*(-40) = 40
\n" ); document.write( "(-2)*(-20) = 40
\n" ); document.write( "(-4)*(-10) = 40
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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 $\"-22\"$ :\r
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First Number	Second Number	Sum
1	40	1+40=41
2	20	2+20=22
4	10	4+10=14
5	8	5+8=13
-1	-40	-1+(-40)=-41
-2	-20	-2+(-20)=-22
-4	-10	-4+(-10)=-14
-5	-8	-5+(-8)=-13

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From the table, we can see that the two numbers $\"-2\"$ and $\"-20\"$ add to $\"-22\"$ (the middle coefficient).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the two numbers $\"-2\"$ and $\"-20\"$ both multiply to $\"40\"$ and add to $\"-22\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now replace the middle term $\"-22s\"$ with $\"-2s-20s\"$ . Remember, $\"-2\"$ and $\"-20\"$ add to $\"-22\"$ . So this shows us that $\"-2s-20s=-22s\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"5s%5E2%2Bhighlight%28-2s-20s%29%2B8\"$ Replace the second term $\"-22s\"$ with $\"-2s-20s\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%285s%5E2-2s%29%2B%28-20s%2B8%29\"$ Group the terms into two pairs.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"s%285s-2%29%2B%28-20s%2B8%29\"$ Factor out the GCF $\"s\"$ from the first group.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"s%285s-2%29-4%285s-2%29\"$ Factor out $\"4\"$ from the second group. The goal of this step is to make the terms in the second parenthesis equal to the terms in the first parenthesis.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28s-4%29%285s-2%29\"$ Combine like terms. Or factor out the common term $\"5s-2\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So $\"5s%5E2-22s%2B8\"$ factors to $\"%28s-4%29%285s-2%29\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In other words, $\"5s%5E2-22s%2B8=%28s-4%29%285s-2%29\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Note: you can check the answer by expanding $\"%28s-4%29%285s-2%29\"$ to get $\"5s%5E2-22s%2B8\"$ or by graphing the original expression and the answer (the two graphs should be identical).\r
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