document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=594455>Question 594455</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you factor: v^2 - 2v + 48\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you answer in 8th grade terms please? I've tried notes, friends, parents, teachers and all over the internet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you in advance,<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Math-Student-in-Distress </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #376736 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mamiya><B>mamiya(56)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mamiya><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=376736\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i am gonna give you a little background about factorization. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "let's say you have a function x^2+ax+ b, its factorization is (x- c)(x-d), where c*d = 48, and c+d = -a.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "with that in mind, we have to find two numbers ( if they exist) whose product is 48 and their sum is 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1, 48)  (2, 24) (3, 16)  (4, 12) (6, 8) are the only pair of integers whose product of its element is  48; but none  of those pair has elements whose sum is 2 , thus  that function is not factorisable. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "From an 8th grade approach it is not  factorisable.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " however, that function IS factorisable with complex numbers.  </SPAN>\n" );
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