SOLUTION: Please help completely factor the following 4m^2 - 8m + 3 Thanks, Lackinmath

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Question 56251: Please help completely factor the following
4m^2 - 8m + 3
Thanks,
Lackinmath
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, funmath:
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
factor the following
4m^2 - 8m + 3
=4m^2-6m-2m+3
=2m(2m-3)-(2x-3)
=(2m-3)(2x-1)
Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by funmath(2933) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hey lackinmath, I thought I told you to change your nickname to something more positive like lotsofmath. :-)
:
Please help completely factor the following
4m%5E2-8m%2B3
This is in highlight%28ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc%29 form. We need to replace b with two numbers that multiply together to get a*c, but add together to get b.
Our a=4, b=-8, and c=3
a*c=4*3=12 and b=-8
-2*-6=12 and -2-6=-8
Replace b with -2-6 and factor by grouping:
4m%5E2-2m-6m%2B3
%284m%5E2-2m%29%2B%28-6m%2B3%29 Factor the GCF out of each group.
2m%282m-1%29-3%282m-1%29 They both have a factor of 2m-1, factor it out.
%282m-1%29%282m-3%29
Happy Calculating, lackinmath!!!
funmath