SOLUTION: Please help me understand how to factor z^2 - 14z + 24

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Question 221720: Please help me understand how to factor
z^2 - 14z + 24
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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z^2-14z+24
(z-12)(z-2)
on the middle and last numbers, what added together for the middle is multiplied together for the last term.