Question

factor 12a^2 + 11ab + 2b^2
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Answer 1

I get:

(4a + 1b) (3a + 2b)

What do you get?

Answer 2

I don't know how to do it

Answer 3

Factoring takes practice, and with practice it becomes easy!
Here are some tips:

1) Find what numbers, when multiplied together, will give you 12

There are two possibilities:

2 x 6 and 4 x 3

2) Find the numbers that, when multiplied together will give you 2
There is only one possibility:

2 x 1 = 2

Now see what combination works best, and remember that when working with negative numbers, at least one of the numbers you use must be negative.