document.write( "Question 701292: Factor the trinomial. 4x^2-56x-92\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I'm having problems figuring out this problem. The only numbers I can find that go into 92 are 4 and 23 but when I plug that in:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4x(-23)+4x= -92x+4x=-88x. So it's not equaling -56x. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4x%5E2-56x-92\"..... write \"-92\" as \"196-288\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4x%5E2-56x%2B196-288\"....group first three terms together\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%284x%5E2-56x%2B196%29-288\"....factor out \"4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4%28x%5E2-14x%2B49%29-288\"....note that \"x%5E2-14x%2B49=%28x-7%29%5E2\"\r
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