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TO FACTOR A TRINOMIAL, YOU WILL NEED TO BE SKILLED AT FINDING NUMBERS WITH CERTAIN SUMS AND PRODUCTS. SUM EXAMPLE: PRODUCT EXAMPLE: 6 + 4 = 10 ? 6 * 4 = 24 ? 6 PRODUCT SUM 24 ? 10 ? 4 6 PRODUCT SUM 24 10 4 6 PRODUCT SUM 42 ? 13 ? 7 8 PRODUCT SUM 6 7 PRODUCT SUM 4 9 PRODUCT SUM 4 7 PRODUCT SUM -3 -8 PRODUCT SUM 5 THE FACTORED FORM LOOKS LIKE THIS: YOU ARE TRYING TO FIND TWO NUMBERSWITH A CERTAIN SUM (IN THIS CASE +5)AND A CERTAIN PRODUCT ( IN THIS CASE +6 ) WHEN FACTORING TRINOMIALS SUCH AS (X+2)(X+3) BACK TO THE Xs LESSER NUMBER PRODUCT SUM 5 6 GREATERNUMBER LESSER NUMBER PRODUCT 15 SUM 8 GREATERNUMBER LESSER NUMBER PRODUCT 54 15 SUM GREATERNUMBER LESSER NUMBER PRODUCT -10 SUM 3 GREATERNUMBER LESSER NUMBER -14 PRODUCT -5 SUM GREATERNUMBER LESSER NUMBER PRODUCT 40 -14 SUM GREATERNUMBER FINITO |