Question

What is the solution to 6x^2 + 2x + 4 = 0?

Answer 1

Step 1) Divide 6 and 4 (the last 2 numbers) and bring everything else down

6x^24x+2x+4

Step 2) Place in parentheses

(6x^24x)+(2x+4)

Step 3) Figure out what you can take out of each parentheses.

**In the first one, you can take out 6x because both numbers have x and 6 is the largest number 6 and 24 can go into.**

**In the second one, you can only take out 2 because 2 is the largest number that goes into 2 and 4.**

Step 4) You will know you did it correctly when the parentheses match up

6x(x+4) + 2(x+4) <<< this is how it should look

Answer: (6x+2)(x+4)