Thursday, May 16, 2013

Factor trinomial 4x^2+7x-2

We look for a pair of numbers that "add" to 7 and multiply to -8 and discover -1 and 8 

4x^2+7x-2= 
4x^2+(8x-x)-2= 

4x^2+8x-x-2= 

(4x^2+8x)-(x+2)= 

4x(x+2)-1(x+2) 

(4x-1)(x+2) 



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