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I'm trying to do pre-calculus with a very shaky foundation in algebra. Fortunately, over the course of the semester I've caught up in many regards to where I need to be. However, I'm still having some problems with factoring equations. I need to factor something that looks like this. I don't really understand how to start tackling a problem like this.
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Originally Posted by fogownz
I'm still having some problems with factoring equations. I need to factor something that looks like this
If the factors are not easily identifiable, I suggest start looking at the discriminate,. If that is not a perfect square then the factors are not 'nice'.
If you know one root, say, then
is a factor.