document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=879077>Question 879077</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you factor the following expression using the FOIL Method?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "13x^2-17x-6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-I have already layed out many possible solutions with finding 13x^2 and 6 but cannot for the life of me find 17x </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #530481 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=530481\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> That has so few possibilities to check.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13 can only form with factors 1 and 13.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6 can only form with factors -1 & 6; 1 & -6; -2 & 3; or 2 & -3.  Which combinations work?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Focus on which of these will give <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-17x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-17x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(13x-1)(x+6)?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(13x-6)(x+1)?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(13x+1)(x-6)?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(13x+6)(x-1)?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(13x-2)(x+3)?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(13x+2)(x-3)?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(13x-3)(x+2)?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(13x+3)(x-2)?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Are you <i>sure</i> that 13x^2-17x-6 is a perfect square?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SLIGHTLY MORE ADVANCED---------\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Discriminant, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-17%29%5E2-4%2A13%2A%28-6%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-17%29%5E2-4%2A13%2A%28-6%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=289%2B52%2A6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"289%2B52%2A6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=289%2B312 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"289%2B312\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discriminant is  <b>601</b>.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You in fact do NOT have a perfect square trinomial, so your trinomial<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is not factorable. </SPAN>\n" );
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