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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the factorization of the trinomial below?-2x3 - 10x2 - 12x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

take out the GCF.. do you know what the GCF is?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Not at all

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what do all of those terms in your expression have factors that is common?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry... GCF means greatest common factor...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

2 right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay.. they all have 2 as a factor. but they all have something else in common.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

notice they all have an x in common also... so your greatest common factor is 2x...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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