SOLUTION: 3x^2 + 17x + 10? Whats the answer?

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Question 160318: 3x^2 + 17x + 10? Whats the answer?
Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, Electrified_Levi:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source):
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How do you factor completely: ? Whats the answer?

Multiply the 3, (coefficient of by the 10, (constant term), getting 30. Write all the pairs of integers that have product 30 Beside them write their sums: Pick out the one that has the sum 17, the coefficient of . Rewrite the 17 in as Distribute and rewrite as Factor out of the first two terms: Factor out of the last two terms: Foctor out of each: Edwin

Answer by Electrified_Levi(103) (Show Source):
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Hi, Hope I can help,
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How do you factor completley:? Whats the answer?
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We can find the first part of the number, by finding factors of "3" (1, and 3)
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The first part of the answer is (3x )(x ), since all the numbers are positive we can put "+" in both of the factors
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(3x )(x ) = (3x + )(x + )
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Next, you need to find all factors of "10"
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Factors of 10: (1,10) and (2,5):Factors in order ( 1,2,5,10 )
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Next you have to multiply "3" and "1", by one of the two pairs of factors (10), the numbers we get will have to add up to "17"
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Nope, we will switch the factors of "10"
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Nope, we will use the other factors of "10"
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Nope, we will switch the factors of "10"
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True, we need to use the factors "5" and "2"
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We have to put the "5" and "2" in the right place in the answer (Since we got the answer by , we will put the factors in opposite order that we did to find the addition answer)
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(3x + )(x + ) = (3x + 2 )(x + 5 )
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We can check our answers by multiplying the factors out, using the FOIL method
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= = = = =
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= = ( Our answer)
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The two factors (Your answer) = and
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The simplified equation =
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Hope I helped, Levi