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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Factoring quadratics

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[3x ^{2}-10x-9x+15\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

hey man

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Im sorry its \[6x ^{2}-10x-9x+15\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

first add - 10 and -9

OpenStudy (jingle535):

@satellite73 please remove vaadia

OpenStudy (anonymous):

since they're like terms

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-19

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so then you're new equation is going to be \[6x^2-19x+15\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

*your

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and when you factor, you can either do it by pairing where you have (x plus/minus #)(x plus/minus #) or you can use the quadratic formula

OpenStudy (anonymous):

First, you want to identify what 2 values you can multiply so that it equals a positive 15....and you need to make sure that if you added them, they would equal -19

OpenStudy (anonymous):

EXAMPLE |dw:1446435629213:dw|

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