SOLUTION: I'm having a real hard time with factoring. This stuff just is not clicking. Can you please help me?
Here is my problem:
25t2 the 2 beside t is squared.
25t2+10t+1
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Here is my problem:
25t2 the 2 beside t is squared.
25t2+10t+1
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Question 575714: I'm having a real hard time with factoring. This stuff just is not clicking. Can you please help me?
Here is my problem:
25t2 the 2 beside t is squared.
25t2+10t+1 Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
The high order term in your product is always the product of the two first terms in the two binomials. So, how many ways are there to make ?
There are only two ways to do it: or .
Likewise, the constant term in your trinomial is the product of the two 2nd terms in the two binomials. How many ways are there to make 1 as a product of two integers? Just 1, namely 1 times 1.
So there are really only two possibilities for the factorization of
Either:
or
Multiply them out and see which one works.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
