Algebra: A Combined Approach (4th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.3 - Factoring Trinomials of the Form ax2+bx+c - Exercise Set - Page 437: 92

Answer

Cannot be factored

Work Step by Step

$27x^2+2x-1/9$ Factors of -1/9: 1 and -1/9, 1/3 and -1/3, -1 and 1/9 Factors of 27: 1 and 27, 3 and 9, -1 and -27, -3 and -9 Since there are no factors of -1/9 that add up to 2, this polynomial cannot be factored
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