Factor the trinomial step by step & explain 2x^2+ 5x + 3

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Colt1911 [192]3 years ago

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Answer:

One way to factor equation is to find the zeros. Its obvious that x=-1 is solution for this. So one factor is (x+1)

the next factor should include 2x at first (because we have 2x^2 in the equation which can not be made any other way)

Let's suppose the factor is (x+1)(2x+b)

Since we do not know what is b open the brackets 2x^2+bx+2x+b. If this is equal to 2x^2+5x+3 then b=3. We are left with (x+1)(2x+3)=2(x+1)(x+3/2)

Would go for other shorter solutions, but they require some deeper understanding like Horner's scheme,Fermat's Theorem or even deeper which I assume You will not understand)

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