{"id":1377,"date":"2021-12-02T19:37:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T00:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/chapter\/7-4-factoring-trinomials-where-a-%e2%89%a0-1\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T18:25:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:25:49","slug":"factoring-trinomials-where-a-%e2%89%a0-1","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/chapter\/factoring-trinomials-where-a-%e2%89%a0-1\/","title":{"raw":"7.4 Factoring Trinomials where a \u2260 1","rendered":"7.4 Factoring Trinomials where a \u2260 1"},"content":{"raw":"Factoring trinomials where the leading term is not 1 is only slightly more difficult than when the leading coefficient is 1. The method used to factor the trinomial is unchanged.\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Example 7.4.1<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nFactor the trinomial [latex]3x^2 + 11x + 6[\/latex].\r\n\r\nStart by multiplying the coefficients from the first and the last terms. This is [latex]3\\cdot 6[\/latex], which yields 18.\r\n\r\nThe next task is to find all possible integers that multiply to 18 and their sums.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]\\begin{array}{cc}\r\n\\text{multiply to }18\\hspace{0.25in}&amp;\\text{sum of these integers} \\\\\r\n1\\cdot 18&amp;19 \\\\\r\n2\\cdot 9&amp;11 \\\\\r\n3\\cdot 6&amp;9 \\\\\r\n6\\cdot 3&amp;9 \\\\\r\n9\\cdot 2&amp;11 \\\\\r\n18\\cdot 1&amp;19\r\n\\end{array}[\/latex]<\/p>\r\nLook for the pair of integers that multiplies to 18 and adds to 11, so that it matches the equation that you started with.\r\n\r\nFor this example, the pair is [latex]2\\cdot 9[\/latex], which adds to 11.\r\n\r\nNow take the original trinomial [latex]3x^2 + 11x + 6[\/latex] and break the [latex]11x[\/latex] into [latex]2x[\/latex] and [latex]9x[\/latex].\r\n\r\nRewrite the original trinomial as [latex]3x^2 + 2x + 9x + 6[\/latex].\r\n\r\nNow, split this into two binomials as done in the previous section and factor.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]3x^2 + 2x[\/latex] yields [latex]x(3x + 2)[\/latex] and [latex]9x + 6[\/latex] yields [latex]3(3x + 2)[\/latex].<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]3x^2 + 2x + 9x + 6[\/latex] becomes [latex]x(3x + 2) + 3(3x + 2)[\/latex].<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]x(3x + 2) + 3(3x + 2)[\/latex] factors to [latex](3x + 2)(x + 3)[\/latex].<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]3x^2 + 11x + 6 = (3x + 2)(x + 3)[\/latex]<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nThe master product method works for any integer breakup of the polynomial. Slightly more complicated are questions that involve two different variables in the original polynomial.\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><span class=\"s1\">Example 7.4.2<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nFactor the trinomial [latex]4x^2 - xy - 5y^2[\/latex].\r\n\r\nStart by multiplying the coefficients from the first and the last terms. This is [latex]4\\cdot -5[\/latex], which yields \u221220.\r\n\r\nThe next task is to find all possible integers that multiply to \u221220 and their sums.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]\\begin{array}{cc}\r\n\\text{multiply to }-20\\hspace{0.25in}&amp;\\text{sum of these integers} \\\\\r\n-1\\cdot 20&amp;\\phantom{-}19 \\\\\r\n-2\\cdot 10&amp;\\phantom{-}8 \\\\\r\n-4\\cdot 5&amp;\\phantom{-}1 \\\\\r\n-5\\cdot 4&amp;-1 \\\\\r\n-10\\cdot 2&amp;-8 \\\\\r\n-20\\cdot 1&amp;-19\r\n\\end{array}[\/latex]<\/p>\r\nLook for the pair of integers that multiplies to \u221220 and adds to \u221211, so that it matches the equation that you started with.\r\n\r\nFor this example, the pair is [latex]-5\\cdot 4[\/latex], which adds to \u22121.\r\n\r\nNow take the original trinomial [latex]4x^2 - xy - 5y^2[\/latex] and break the [latex]-xy[\/latex] into [latex]-5xy[\/latex] and [latex]4xy[\/latex].\r\n\r\nRewrite the original trinomial as [latex]4x^2 - 5xy + 4xy - 5y^2[\/latex].\r\n\r\nNow, split this into two binomials as done in the previous section and factor.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]4x^2 - 5xy[\/latex] yields [latex]x(4x - 5y)[\/latex] and [latex]4xy - 5y^2[\/latex] yields [latex]y(4x - 5y)[\/latex].<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]4x^2 - xy - 5y^2[\/latex] becomes [latex]x(4x - 5y) + y(4x - 5y)[\/latex].<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]x(4x - 5y) + y(4x - 5y)[\/latex] factors to [latex](x + y) (4x - 5y)[\/latex].<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]4x^2 - xy - 5y^2 = (x + y) (4x - 5y)[\/latex]<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nThere are a number of variations potentially encountered when factoring trinomials. For instance, the original terms might be mixed up. There could be something like [latex]-10x + 3x^2 + 8[\/latex] that is not in descending powers of [latex]x[\/latex]. This requires reordering in descending powers before beginning to factor.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]-10x + 3x^2 + 8 \\longrightarrow 3x^2 -10x + 8 \\text{ (factorable form)}[\/latex]<\/p>\r\nIt might also be necessary to factor out a common factor before starting. The polynomial above can be written as [latex]30x^2 -100x + 80[\/latex], in which a common factor of 10 should be factored out prior to factoring.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]\\text{This turns }30x^2 -100x + 80 \\text{ into }10(3x^2 -10x + 8)[\/latex].<\/p>\r\nThere are also slight variations on the common factored binomial that can be illustrated by factoring the trinomial [latex]3x^2 -10x + 8[\/latex].\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Example 7.4.3<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nFactor the trinomial [latex]3x^2 - 10x + 8[\/latex].\r\n\r\nStart by multiplying the coefficients from the first and the last terms. This is [latex]3\\cdot 8[\/latex], which yields 24.\r\n\r\nThe next task is to find all possible integers that multiply to 24 and their sums (knowing that the middle coefficient must be negative).\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]\\begin{array}{cc}\r\n\\text{multiply to }24 \\hspace{0.25in}&amp;\\text{sum of these integers} \\\\\r\n-1\\cdot -24&amp;-25 \\\\\r\n-2\\cdot -12&amp;-14 \\\\\r\n-3\\cdot -8&amp;-11 \\\\\r\n-4\\cdot -6&amp;-10 \\\\\r\n-6\\cdot -4 &amp; -10 \\\\\r\n-8\\cdot -3&amp;-11 \\\\\r\n-12\\cdot -2 &amp; -14 \\\\\r\n-24\\cdot -1&amp;-25\r\n\\end{array}[\/latex]<\/p>\r\nLook for the pair of integers that multiplies to 24 and adds to \u221210, so that it matches the equation that you started with.\r\n\r\nFor this example, the pair is [latex]-4\\cdot -6[\/latex], which adds to \u221210.\r\n\r\nNow take the original trinomial [latex]3x^2 - 10x + 8[\/latex] and break the [latex]-10x[\/latex] into [latex]-4x[\/latex] and [latex]-6x[\/latex].\r\n\r\nRewrite the original trinomial as [latex]3x^2 - 4x - 6x + 8[\/latex].\r\n\r\nNow, split this into two binomials as done in the previous section and factor.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]3x^2 - 4x[\/latex] yields [latex]x(3x - 4)[\/latex], but [latex]-6x + 8[\/latex] yields [latex]2(-3x + 4)[\/latex].<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]x(3x - 4)[\/latex] and [latex]2(-3x + 4)[\/latex] are a close match, but their signs are different.<\/p>\r\nThe way to deal with this is to factor out a negative, specifically, \u22122 instead of 2.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]-6x + 8[\/latex] can be factored two ways: [latex]2(-3x + 4)[\/latex] and [latex]-2(3x - 4)[\/latex].<\/p>\r\nChoose the second factoring, so the common factor matches.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]3x^2 - 10x + 8[\/latex] becomes [latex]x(3x - 4) + -2(3x - 4)[\/latex].<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]x(3x - 4) + -2(3x - 4)[\/latex] factors to [latex](3x - 4)(x - 2)[\/latex].<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]3x^2 - 10x + 8 = (3x - 4)(x - 2)[\/latex]<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Example 7.4.4<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nFactor the following trinomials, which are both variations of the trinomial seen before in 7.4.3:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>[latex]3x^2 - 14x + 8[\/latex]\r\nThe pair of numbers that can be used to break it up is \u22122 and \u221212.\r\n[latex]\\begin{array}{lll}\r\n3x^2-14x+8\\text{ breaks into}&amp;3x^2-2x-12x+8&amp; \\\\\r\n&amp;x(3x-2)-4(3x-2)&amp;\\text{Common factor is }(3x-2) \\\\\r\n&amp;(3x-2)(x-4)&amp;\\text{Left over when factored}\r\n\\end{array}[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]3x^2 - 11x + 8[\/latex]\r\nThe pair of numbers that can be used to break it up is \u22123 and \u22128.\r\n[latex]\\begin{array}{lll}\r\n3x^2-11x+8\\text{ breaks into}&amp;3x^2-3x-8x+8&amp; \\\\\r\n&amp;3x(x-1)-8(x-1)&amp;\\text{Common factor is }(x-1) \\\\\r\n&amp;(x-1)(3x-8)&amp;\\text{Left over when factored}\r\n\\end{array}[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h1>Questions<\/h1>\r\n<p class=\"p12 no-indent\"><b><\/b>Factor each of the following trinomials.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"twocolumn\">\r\n \t<li>[latex]7x^2-19x-6[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]3n^2-2n-8[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]7b^2+15b+2[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]21v^2-11v-2[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]5a^2+13a-6[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]5n^2-18n-8[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]2x^2-5x+2[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]3r^2-4r-4[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]2x^2+19x+35[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]3x^2+4x-15[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]2b^2-b-3[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]2k^2+5k-12[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]3x^2+17xy+10y^2[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]7x^2-2xy-5y^2[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]3x^2+11xy-20y^2[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]12u^2+16uv-3v^2[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]4k^2-17k+4[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]4r^2+3r-7[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]4m^2-9mn-9n^2[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]4x^2-6xy+30y^2[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]4x^2+13xy+3y^2[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]6u^2+5uv-4v^2[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]10x^2+19xy-2y^2[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[latex]6x^2-13xy-5y^2[\/latex]<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/back-matter\/answer-key-7-4\/\">Answer Key 7.4<\/a>","rendered":"<p>Factoring trinomials where the leading term is not 1 is only slightly more difficult than when the leading coefficient is 1. The method used to factor the trinomial is unchanged.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Example 7.4.1<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Factor the trinomial [latex]3x^2 + 11x + 6[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p>Start by multiplying the coefficients from the first and the last terms. This is [latex]3\\cdot 6[\/latex], which yields 18.<\/p>\n<p>The next task is to find all possible integers that multiply to 18 and their sums.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]\\begin{array}{cc}  \\text{multiply to }18\\hspace{0.25in}&\\text{sum of these integers} \\\\  1\\cdot 18&19 \\\\  2\\cdot 9&11 \\\\  3\\cdot 6&9 \\\\  6\\cdot 3&9 \\\\  9\\cdot 2&11 \\\\  18\\cdot 1&19  \\end{array}[\/latex]<\/p>\n<p>Look for the pair of integers that multiplies to 18 and adds to 11, so that it matches the equation that you started with.<\/p>\n<p>For this example, the pair is [latex]2\\cdot 9[\/latex], which adds to 11.<\/p>\n<p>Now take the original trinomial [latex]3x^2 + 11x + 6[\/latex] and break the [latex]11x[\/latex] into [latex]2x[\/latex] and [latex]9x[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p>Rewrite the original trinomial as [latex]3x^2 + 2x + 9x + 6[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p>Now, split this into two binomials as done in the previous section and factor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]3x^2 + 2x[\/latex] yields [latex]x(3x + 2)[\/latex] and [latex]9x + 6[\/latex] yields [latex]3(3x + 2)[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]3x^2 + 2x + 9x + 6[\/latex] becomes [latex]x(3x + 2) + 3(3x + 2)[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]x(3x + 2) + 3(3x + 2)[\/latex] factors to [latex](3x + 2)(x + 3)[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]3x^2 + 11x + 6 = (3x + 2)(x + 3)[\/latex]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The master product method works for any integer breakup of the polynomial. Slightly more complicated are questions that involve two different variables in the original polynomial.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><span class=\"s1\">Example 7.4.2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Factor the trinomial [latex]4x^2 - xy - 5y^2[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p>Start by multiplying the coefficients from the first and the last terms. This is [latex]4\\cdot -5[\/latex], which yields \u221220.<\/p>\n<p>The next task is to find all possible integers that multiply to \u221220 and their sums.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]\\begin{array}{cc}  \\text{multiply to }-20\\hspace{0.25in}&\\text{sum of these integers} \\\\  -1\\cdot 20&\\phantom{-}19 \\\\  -2\\cdot 10&\\phantom{-}8 \\\\  -4\\cdot 5&\\phantom{-}1 \\\\  -5\\cdot 4&-1 \\\\  -10\\cdot 2&-8 \\\\  -20\\cdot 1&-19  \\end{array}[\/latex]<\/p>\n<p>Look for the pair of integers that multiplies to \u221220 and adds to \u221211, so that it matches the equation that you started with.<\/p>\n<p>For this example, the pair is [latex]-5\\cdot 4[\/latex], which adds to \u22121.<\/p>\n<p>Now take the original trinomial [latex]4x^2 - xy - 5y^2[\/latex] and break the [latex]-xy[\/latex] into [latex]-5xy[\/latex] and [latex]4xy[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p>Rewrite the original trinomial as [latex]4x^2 - 5xy + 4xy - 5y^2[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p>Now, split this into two binomials as done in the previous section and factor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]4x^2 - 5xy[\/latex] yields [latex]x(4x - 5y)[\/latex] and [latex]4xy - 5y^2[\/latex] yields [latex]y(4x - 5y)[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]4x^2 - xy - 5y^2[\/latex] becomes [latex]x(4x - 5y) + y(4x - 5y)[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]x(4x - 5y) + y(4x - 5y)[\/latex] factors to [latex](x + y) (4x - 5y)[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]4x^2 - xy - 5y^2 = (x + y) (4x - 5y)[\/latex]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There are a number of variations potentially encountered when factoring trinomials. For instance, the original terms might be mixed up. There could be something like [latex]-10x + 3x^2 + 8[\/latex] that is not in descending powers of [latex]x[\/latex]. This requires reordering in descending powers before beginning to factor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]-10x + 3x^2 + 8 \\longrightarrow 3x^2 -10x + 8 \\text{ (factorable form)}[\/latex]<\/p>\n<p>It might also be necessary to factor out a common factor before starting. The polynomial above can be written as [latex]30x^2 -100x + 80[\/latex], in which a common factor of 10 should be factored out prior to factoring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]\\text{This turns }30x^2 -100x + 80 \\text{ into }10(3x^2 -10x + 8)[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p>There are also slight variations on the common factored binomial that can be illustrated by factoring the trinomial [latex]3x^2 -10x + 8[\/latex].<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Example 7.4.3<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Factor the trinomial [latex]3x^2 - 10x + 8[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p>Start by multiplying the coefficients from the first and the last terms. This is [latex]3\\cdot 8[\/latex], which yields 24.<\/p>\n<p>The next task is to find all possible integers that multiply to 24 and their sums (knowing that the middle coefficient must be negative).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]\\begin{array}{cc}  \\text{multiply to }24 \\hspace{0.25in}&\\text{sum of these integers} \\\\  -1\\cdot -24&-25 \\\\  -2\\cdot -12&-14 \\\\  -3\\cdot -8&-11 \\\\  -4\\cdot -6&-10 \\\\  -6\\cdot -4 & -10 \\\\  -8\\cdot -3&-11 \\\\  -12\\cdot -2 & -14 \\\\  -24\\cdot -1&-25  \\end{array}[\/latex]<\/p>\n<p>Look for the pair of integers that multiplies to 24 and adds to \u221210, so that it matches the equation that you started with.<\/p>\n<p>For this example, the pair is [latex]-4\\cdot -6[\/latex], which adds to \u221210.<\/p>\n<p>Now take the original trinomial [latex]3x^2 - 10x + 8[\/latex] and break the [latex]-10x[\/latex] into [latex]-4x[\/latex] and [latex]-6x[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p>Rewrite the original trinomial as [latex]3x^2 - 4x - 6x + 8[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p>Now, split this into two binomials as done in the previous section and factor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]3x^2 - 4x[\/latex] yields [latex]x(3x - 4)[\/latex], but [latex]-6x + 8[\/latex] yields [latex]2(-3x + 4)[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]x(3x - 4)[\/latex] and [latex]2(-3x + 4)[\/latex] are a close match, but their signs are different.<\/p>\n<p>The way to deal with this is to factor out a negative, specifically, \u22122 instead of 2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]-6x + 8[\/latex] can be factored two ways: [latex]2(-3x + 4)[\/latex] and [latex]-2(3x - 4)[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p>Choose the second factoring, so the common factor matches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]3x^2 - 10x + 8[\/latex] becomes [latex]x(3x - 4) + -2(3x - 4)[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]x(3x - 4) + -2(3x - 4)[\/latex] factors to [latex](3x - 4)(x - 2)[\/latex].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[latex]3x^2 - 10x + 8 = (3x - 4)(x - 2)[\/latex]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Example 7.4.4<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Factor the following trinomials, which are both variations of the trinomial seen before in 7.4.3:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>[latex]3x^2 - 14x + 8[\/latex]<br \/>\nThe pair of numbers that can be used to break it up is \u22122 and \u221212.<br \/>\n[latex]\\begin{array}{lll}  3x^2-14x+8\\text{ breaks into}&3x^2-2x-12x+8& \\\\  &x(3x-2)-4(3x-2)&\\text{Common factor is }(3x-2) \\\\  &(3x-2)(x-4)&\\text{Left over when factored}  \\end{array}[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]3x^2 - 11x + 8[\/latex]<br \/>\nThe pair of numbers that can be used to break it up is \u22123 and \u22128.<br \/>\n[latex]\\begin{array}{lll}  3x^2-11x+8\\text{ breaks into}&3x^2-3x-8x+8& \\\\  &3x(x-1)-8(x-1)&\\text{Common factor is }(x-1) \\\\  &(x-1)(3x-8)&\\text{Left over when factored}  \\end{array}[\/latex]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Questions<\/h1>\n<p class=\"p12 no-indent\"><b><\/b>Factor each of the following trinomials.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"twocolumn\">\n<li>[latex]7x^2-19x-6[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]3n^2-2n-8[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]7b^2+15b+2[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]21v^2-11v-2[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]5a^2+13a-6[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]5n^2-18n-8[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]2x^2-5x+2[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]3r^2-4r-4[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]2x^2+19x+35[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]3x^2+4x-15[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]2b^2-b-3[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]2k^2+5k-12[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]3x^2+17xy+10y^2[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]7x^2-2xy-5y^2[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]3x^2+11xy-20y^2[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]12u^2+16uv-3v^2[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]4k^2-17k+4[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]4r^2+3r-7[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]4m^2-9mn-9n^2[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]4x^2-6xy+30y^2[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]4x^2+13xy+3y^2[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]6u^2+5uv-4v^2[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]10x^2+19xy-2y^2[\/latex]<\/li>\n<li>[latex]6x^2-13xy-5y^2[\/latex]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/back-matter\/answer-key-7-4\/\">Answer Key 7.4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":"cc-by-nc-sa"},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[56],"class_list":["post-1377","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","license-cc-by-nc-sa"],"part":1369,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2125,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1377\/revisions\/2125"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1369"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1377\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}