| Factoring Polynomials Factoring polynomials before dividing helps us to rewrite an expression in a simpler terms so that is easier to find common factors and simplify the expression Factoring trinomials when when a=1 x 2+x -2 0 Identify the values of a, b, and c x 2+ 8 x + 1 2 • Determine two numbers whose product is equal to c but whose sum is equal to x 2 -11x + 2 4 x 2 –4 9 x2-225

| Factoring Polynomials Factoring polynomials before dividing helps us to rewrite an expression in a simpler terms so that is easier to find common factors and simplify the expression Factoring trinomials when when a=1 x 2+x -2 0 Identify the values of a, b, and c x 2+ 8 x + 1 2 • Determine two numbers whose product is equal to c but whose sum is equal to x 2 -11x + 2 4 x 2 –4 9 x2-225

College Algebra

7th Edition

ISBN:9781305115545

Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Publisher:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

ChapterP: Prerequisites

SectionP.5: Algebraic Expressions

Problem 94E: DISCUSS: Degrees of Sums and Products of Polynomials Make up several pairs of polynomials, then...

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