Thursday, December 20, 2012

How to Factor

How to FACTOR:
1) Pull out the GCF (UNDISTRIBUTE)
2) If there are TWO TERMS
- SQ minus SQ can be factored into
(A-B)(A+B)
- SQ plus a SQ is unfactorable
3) If THREE TERMS
 unFOIL or un FACE
(……+-…….)(……+-…….)
4) FOUR or more TERMS group
2 terms at a time then Undistribute

Reviewing the DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY



A quick review of FOILing.


















Solve using Factoring (or Quad. Formula)
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