SOLUTION: 1. Could you help me out here... I want someone to explain to me how to reverse FOIL when factoring a polynomial of the form ax^2 + bx + c when a = 1. What would a good example be?
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Question 157296: 1. Could you help me out here... I want someone to explain to me how to reverse FOIL when factoring a polynomial of the form ax^2 + bx + c when a = 1. What would a good example be?
Thank you! Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! ax^2 + bx + c when a = 1
Examples:
x^2+4x+4
(x+2)(x+2)
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x^2-5x-36
(x-9)(x+4)
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x^2-16
(x+4)(x-4)
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x^2-10x-75
(x-15)(x+5)
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x^2+8-20
(x+10)(x-2)
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