document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1130010>Question 1130010</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> factor quadratic trinomials completely 3p2-11p-20 I do not understand how to do this. My grand daughter notes are sketchy at best. I need all the help I can get on this<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "factor quadratic trinomials completely 3p2-11p-20 I do not understand how<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not as  3p2-11p-20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "as  3p^2-11p-20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">(3p   ? )(p  ? )</PRE><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You want to find two unknown numbers so that their product is  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and so when you would perform the multiplication of the two binomials and simplify, the p term has coefficient  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-11 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-11\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.   You can make all possible combinations and test each of them until the one that works is found.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(  +4 and  -5 will work). </SPAN>\n" );
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