Question

new to this site, i need help with factoring complex trinomials

Answer 1

Any example problems?

Answer 2

sure, i'll put" for squared, okay? 27a"b"'+9a"b" - 18a"'b"

Answer 3

okay, one moment

Answer 4

"' is cubed

Answer 5

sorry for the wait.... just hold on a couple more minutes please

Answer 6

?

Answer 7

still working on it... algebra was so long ago... sorry for the wait again

Answer 8

Ok here it goes:

Answer 9

So first you need to look for a common factor in the numbers.

Answer 10

So in this case the factor is 9.

Answer 11

Then you look at the variables, look for the a, the lowest form of a is a'', so you can use this

Answer 12

Now look at the b, the lowest form is b''

Answer 13

Now put that together 9a''b''

Answer 14

now how many times does 9a''b'' fit in 27a''b'''?

Answer 15

3b

Answer 16

moving on.... how many times does 9a''b'' fit into 9a''b''? Once of course

Answer 17

Now same thing but how many times does it fit into -18a'''b''?

Answer 18

-2a

Answer 19

Now put it together...

Answer 20

you get: 9a''b''(3b+1-2a)

Answer 21

Ta da! all factored!

Answer 22

Do you understand what i'm trying to explain?

Answer 23

i know how to get that far, but we need to go further

Answer 24

How so?

Answer 25

do you have the answer to a sample problem so I know what you mean?

Answer 26

?

Answer 27

sorry, slow comp.. i need to find sum and product..

Answer 28

Ok

Answer 29

wait.. i just checked in the book and thats the answer, can you help me with another example?

Answer 30

thank you, i think it helped me, i have to go now, bye

Answer 31

ok good luck! sorry if i didn't get what you needed