document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=86506>Question 86506</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> State which method should be applied as the first step for factoring the polynomial 6x^3+9x..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. find the gcf<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. grop the terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. factor using the difference of squares<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. us the ac method or trail and error\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the ac test to determine if the following trinomial can be factored<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+2x+3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write in simplest form...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48a^5b/12ab^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "State which method should be applied as the first step for factoring the polynomial 6x^3+9x..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. find the gcf<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Becasue 6x^3+9x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "GCF = 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, 3x(6x^3/3x + 9x/3x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 3x(2x^2 + 3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the ac test to determine if the following trinomial can be factored<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+2x+3 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "No, this cannot be factored becasue there is no combination of the facotrs of 3 (3 and 1) that add/subtract to give you (2x).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write in simplest form...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48a^5b/12ab^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8a^4/b </SPAN>\n" );
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