This document provides examples of factorizing trinomials when the leading coefficient is not 1. It works through two examples, factorizing 6x^2 + 7x - 49 as (3x - 7)(2x + 7) and factorizing 4n^2 - 15n - 25 as (4n + 5)(n - 5). The key steps shown are identifying the coefficients A, B, and C, calculating the product of the outer terms A and C, finding the factors of that product with the sum of B, and grouping the terms to arrive at the factored form. In both examples, the trinomials are fully factorized.
This document provides examples of factorizing trinomials when the leading coefficient is not 1. It works through two examples, factorizing 6x^2 + 7x - 49 as (3x - 7)(2x + 7) and factorizing 4n^2 - 15n - 25 as (4n + 5)(n - 5). The key steps shown are identifying the coefficients A, B, and C, calculating the product of the outer terms A and C, finding the factors of that product with the sum of B, and grouping the terms to arrive at the factored form. In both examples, the trinomials are fully factorized.
This document provides examples of factorizing trinomials when the leading coefficient is not 1. It works through two examples, factorizing 6x^2 + 7x - 49 as (3x - 7)(2x + 7) and factorizing 4n^2 - 15n - 25 as (4n + 5)(n - 5). The key steps shown are identifying the coefficients A, B, and C, calculating the product of the outer terms A and C, finding the factors of that product with the sum of B, and grouping the terms to arrive at the factored form. In both examples, the trinomials are fully factorized.