Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 10 - Section 10.6 - Factoring General Trinomials - Exercise - Page 356: 6

Answer

$(3x-4)(3x-8)$

Work Step by Step

For the polynomial $$ 9x^2 - 36x +32 $$ we check the factors of $ac=9(32)=288$. The only factors that can give the right middle term are $-12$ and $-24$, as follows $$9x^2 - 36x +32 =(3x-4)(3x-8).$$
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