Question

Any tips on factoring? In general..

Answer 1

Yes!

Answer 2

Simple problems have only x^2

Answer 3

So then you set up
(x ) (x )
and you are looking for two integers that multiply to give the c term and add or subtract to give the bx term.

Answer 4

Factoring is fun! Another thing you can do to practice is to go the other way. Plug in values for (x +/- a)(y +/- b) and see what you get.

Answer 5

HTH.

Answer 6

It did thanks! Do you know any good practice materials that include trinomials and polynomials?

Answer 7

Not really. For more complicated factoring, you need to ping @ParthKohli or..