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OpenStudy (quickstudent):

How can I factor this using the guess and check method: -16t^2 + 28t + 8 = 0?

OpenStudy (help!!!!):

So what you first do is to find the GCF from the quadratic

OpenStudy (help!!!!):

which in this case is 4

OpenStudy (help!!!!):

4(-4t^2+7t+2)=0

OpenStudy (help!!!!):

so now what's next? @quickstudent

OpenStudy (quickstudent):

Do I divide each term by 4?

OpenStudy (help!!!!):

no we unfoil the quadratic in the parentheses

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