document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=57397>Question 57397</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Factoring Trinomials by Trial and Error<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16x^2-27x-10 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find two numbers whose product is -160 and whose sum is -27.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The numbers are -32 and 5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rewrite the trinomial as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=16x^2-32x+5x-10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=16x(x-2)+5(x-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=(x-2)(16x+5)<BR>\n" );
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