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( "16x^2-27x-10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The factors of 16x^2 are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16x*x, 8x*2x, 4x*4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Those are the possibilities for the first term in each parenthesis.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The factors of -10 are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10*-1, -10*1, -5*2, 5*-2 and the reverse order<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Those are the possibilities for the second terms in the parenthesis.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we try the factor until we find the one that works:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(16x+10)(x-1)=16x^2-16x+10x-10=16x^2-6x-10 ERROR<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(16x-10)(x+1)=16x^2+16x-10x-10=16x^2+6x-10 ERROR<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(16x-5)(x+2)=16x^2+32x-5x-10=16x^2+27x-10 ERROR<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(16x+5)(x-2)=16x^2-32x+5x-10=16x^2-27x-10 Correct this is it!!!!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are more methodical methods.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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