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OpenStudy (anonymous):

3x^2+2x+6x+4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what do you get when you add like terms

OpenStudy (turingtest):

how many terms have x^2 in them?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3x^2+8x^2+4

OpenStudy (turingtest):

not quite just add the coefficients of the like terms, do not change the x part...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

by the way im doing trinomial factoring

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3x^2+8x+4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

start like this \[(x _{1}+y _{1})(x _{2}+y _{2})\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you know that the fist x multiplied by the second is \[3x ^{2}\] so it would be safe to say, one is 3X and the other is just X

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok so is this the final answer(3x-2)(x+8)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

If you're factoring, don't add like terms from the original expression, just factor in groups.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no, because \[-2\times8\neq4\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok so is it (3x-2) (x+4)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the last term in the trinomial is \[y _{1}\times y _{2}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok so what would the answer be then

OpenStudy (anonymous):

(3x+1)(x+4)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i checked my answer and i found that to be incorrect

OpenStudy (anonymous):

(3x²+6x) + (2x + 4) =3x ( x + 2 ) + 2 ( x + 2 ) Can you factor them now?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

|dw:1346447748307:dw|ok then, the first factor in a trinomial is foud by these

OpenStudy (anonymous):

(x+2)(3x+2)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yupeee :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks!!!

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