Question

I have a question about factoring

Answer 1

How can I help you?

Answer 2

What's up?

Answer 3

k here is an example problem
6x to the 2nd power plus3x minus 2x minus 1

Answer 4

That's just \[6x^2+x-1\]
You can then factor it to (2x+1)(3x-1)

Answer 5

Make sense?

Answer 6

i don't understand how you went from 6x squared plus 3 minus 2x minus 1 to 6x squared plus x minus 1

Answer 7

Okay first collect like terms such as 3x - 2x = 1x

then it would be 6x^2 + 1x - 1

Use the daimond method which means
that you multiply 6 with -1 = -6 ( a times c)

Then you see what can go into -6 and add into the middle term +1.
The factors that can do that is 3 and -2 because when these terms multiply they equal -6 and when they are substracted they equal -+1.

Answer 8

The middle terms are the same so you can add/subtract them.

Answer 9

3x-2x=x

Answer 10

katrina where are you getting -6

Answer 11

So now you plug it into like this
6x^2 + 1x - 1which factors into
6x^2+3) (-2x -1)
AS you can see +3 -2 = 1 which is the middle term. With simplifying those two expressions (taking teh GCF) you should get your factored form.

Answer 12

thank you for all the help but I have to go home. if you could send a explanation to my e-mail I would appreciate it Katrina.
janny_boy82@yahoo.com

Answer 13

good night

Answer 14

I am getting negative 6 because in this expression:
6x^2 +1x - 1 I mulitply the a and c terms, which are 6 and -1 hence -6