document.write( "Question 757114: Ok, I have 4 more problems on my Graphing Quadratics worksheet. And it's just factoring the equation. Here's one I don't understand:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I forget how to factor that problem, and a few of these:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "7a^2 - 59a + 24 = 0\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5n^2 + 31n - 28 = 0\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5v^2 - 8v - 21 = 0\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Help me with this, and more tips to factor faster? Thanks so much! I need it for my Algebra 1 class.
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Just helping with this one: \"7x%5E2+-+43x+-+42+=+0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Requiring two binomials, one with leading term 7x and other with leading term x.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "42=2*21
\n" ); document.write( "42=6*7
\n" ); document.write( "42=3*14
\n" ); document.write( "maybe also 42=1*42\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You may need 6 to 8 combinations to try. You could also try synthetic division if you know it, but not likely if you're just in Algebra 1.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Trying: (7x_____2)(x____21_)
\n" ); document.write( "2x and 63x ?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Try: (7x_____21)(x_____2)
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Try: (7x____3)(x____14)
\n" ); document.write( "3x and 98x
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Try: (7x_____14)(x_____3)
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\n" ); document.write( "6 and 49
\n" ); document.write( "Looks like might work.
\n" ); document.write( "NOW Which sign goes where? You want 6 and 49 somehow to give you -43.
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