document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=93539>Question 93539</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am in need of some help\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( "X^2+2x+3 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Think of two integers whose product is ac= 1*3 = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and whose sum is b=2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "No such integers exist.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The trinomial cannot be factored using the ac method.<BR>\n" );
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