document.write( "Question 805549: how to factor with factor formula :
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how to factor with factor formula :
\n" ); document.write( "6x^2-x-2=0
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\n" ); document.write( "It's an equation. Equations are usually solved, not factored.
\n" ); document.write( "If you want to factor the polynomial:
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\n" ); document.write( "It'll be either
\n" ); document.write( "(x + m)*(6x + n)
\n" ); document.write( "or
\n" ); document.write( "(2x + m)*(3x + n)
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\n" ); document.write( "In either case, m & n = 1 & 2, and the signs of m & n are different.
\n" ); document.write( "For (x + m)*(6x + n), only n = 1 gives an odd coefficient for x, and that doesn't work, so it's (2x + m)*(3x + n)
\n" ); document.write( "To get an odd coefficient for x, m has to odd.
\n" ); document.write( "--> (2x + 1)*(3x - 2) or (2x - 1)*(3x + 2)
\n" ); document.write( "(2x + 1)*(3x - 2) works.
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\n" ); document.write( "(2x + 1)*(3x - 2) = 0
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\n" ); document.write( "idk what the \"factor formula\" is.
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