Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13417-894-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-13417-894-3

Chapter 5 - Section 5.4 - Factoring Trinomials - Exercise Set - Page 362: 111

Answer

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Work Step by Step

If in $ax^2+bx+c$ $c$ is positive, then we must find two numbers with the same sign whose sum is the middle term. If $c$ is negative, then we must find two numbers with the opposite sign whose sum is the middle term.
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