Question 650819
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Hi,
Re TY
"the first thing i would do is to get the first and last multiply and then those will have to equal to the middle number"
Yes!  12x + x must equal that middle number 13x
You are definitely getting the hang of it
{{{2x^2+ highlight(13x)+6=0 }}}
factoring
(2x + 1)(x + 6) = 0 ,  x = -1/2   0r  x = -6
checking Factoring using FOIL
F	First terms
O	Outside terms   12x
I	Inside terms     1x
L	Last terms