Greeting math peeps and welcome to MathSux! In this post, we are going to go over 4 ways to Factor Trinomials and get the same answer, including, (1) Quadratic Formula (2) Product/Sum, (3) Completing the Square, and (4) Graphing on a Calculator. If you’re looking for more don’t forget to check out the video and practice questions below. Happy Calculating! 🙂
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We will take this step by step, showing 4 ways to factor trinomials, getting the same answer each and every time! Let’s get to it!
4 Ways to Factor Trinomials
(1) Quadratic Formula:
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(2) Product/Sum:
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(3) Completing the Square:
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(4) Graph:
Choose the factoring method that works best for you and try the practice problems on your own below!
Practice Questions:
Solutions:
Want a review of all the different factoring methods out there? Check out the ones left out here (DOTS and GCF) and happy calculating! 🙂
For even more ways to factor quadratic equations, check out How to factor by Grouping here! 🙂
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