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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Special Products - Factoring, 25

Category: Algebra

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Find the factors for


Solution:

Consider the given equation above


Did you notice that the given equation is a quadratic equation of variable x? The coefficient of three terms are also variables. In this type of quadratic equation, we have to do the trial and error method in factoring until we get the desired middle term. Since the coefficient of variables are already factored, then we can start to factor the given equation as follows



The middle term is 





Since the value of the above calculation is the same as the middle term of the given equation which is 4x, then the factors of the given equation are