SOLUTION: I am having problems with factoring, I haven't taken math in almost 16 years. My bath problem is to factor completely. I am using the book Elementary & Intermediate Algebra, page 3

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Question 692732: I am having problems with factoring, I haven't taken math in almost 16 years. My bath problem is to factor completely. I am using the book Elementary & Intermediate Algebra, page 346 problem 90
20w^2+100w+40

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
20w^2 + 100w + 40
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Notice all 3 coefficients end with zero --> a factor of 10
= 10*(2w^2 + 10w + 4)
Now they're all even numbers --> a factor of 2
= 20*(w^2 + 5w + 2)
That's all you can do.