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    Remedial 1 Factoring Polynomials

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    1) This document discusses three cases for factoring polynomials: factoring binomials, trinomials, and polynomials with four terms using grouping. 2) For binomials, there are three formulas and examples are provided for factoring polynomials with two terms. 3) For trinomials (polynomials with three terms), there are two cases depending on whether the leading coefficient is 1 or not. Trial and error or other methods can be used. 4) Grouping is used to factor polynomials with four terms by factoring out the GCF from the first two terms and the second two terms.

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    1) This document discusses three cases for factoring polynomials: factoring binomials, trinomials, and polynomials with four terms using grouping. 2) For binomials, there are three formulas and examples are provided for factoring polynomials with two terms. 3) For trinomials (polynomials with three terms), there are two cases depending on whether the leading coefficient is 1 or not. Trial and error or other methods can be used. 4) Grouping is used to factor polynomials with four terms by factoring out the GCF from the first two terms and the second two terms.

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    1) This document discusses three cases for factoring polynomials: factoring binomials, trinomials, and polynomials with four terms using grouping. 2) For binomials, there are three formulas and examples are provided for factoring polynomials with two terms. 3) For trinomials (polynomials with three terms), there are two cases depending on whether the leading coefficient is 1 or not. Trial and error or other methods can be used. 4) Grouping is used to factor polynomials with four terms by factoring out the GCF from the first two terms and the second two terms.

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    FACTORING POLYNOMIALS

    When working there are basically 3 cases to consider:


    1) Factoring binomials (polynomials with 2 terms).
    2) Factoring trinomials (polynomials with 3 terms).
    3) Factoring by grouping (factoring polynomials with 4 terms).

    Remember that in all cases, the first step in factoring a polynomial is to factor out the Greatest Common Factor
    (GCF).

    Model Problems:

    A) Factoring Binomials

    There are 3 formulas to remember:


    a2 – b2 = (a + b)(a - b)
    a3 – b3 = (a – b)(a2 + ab + b2)
    a3 + b3 = (a + b)(a2 - ab + b2)
    Notice that there isn’t a formula to factor a2 + b2 using real numbers.

    (1)x 2  4  (x  2)(x  2)
    (2)16x 4 1  (4x 2  1)(4x 2 1)  (4x 2  1)(2x  1)(2x 1)
    (3)8a3  27  ((2a)3  (3)3 )  (2a  3)[(2a)2  (2a)(3)  32 ]  (2a  3)(4a 2  6a  9)
    (4)32x6  4 y 9  4(8x6  y 9 )  4[(2x 2 )3  ( y 3 )3 ]  4(2x 2  y 3 )[(2x 2 )2  (2x 2 )( y 3 )  ( y 3 )2 ]
     4(2x 2  y 3 )(4x 4  2x 2 y 3  y 6 )

    2
    B) Factoring Trinomials ( ax  bx  c )

    a) Case 1:
    a1
    Example: Factor 2
    x  3x  28 .

    The answer will be of the form (x )(x ) , where the missing spaces are filled in with numbers that
    multiply to give -28 and add to give -3. In this case the answer is (x  7)(x  4).

    b) Case 2: a  1
    2
    Example: Factor 6x  5x  6 .

    2
    The most common method is the trial and error method. Here, the first terms must multiply to give 6x ,
    so the only ways to obtain this are either (6x )(x ) or (3 )(2x ) . The second terms must
    x
    multiply to give -6. To find the correct answer, you check whether the middle term  5x works out
    correctly. It turns out that the correct answer is (3x  2)(2x  3) .

    There are other methods you might have learned that are quicker and more efficient. Please use these methods
    if you find them easier.

    C) Grouping

    This method is used to factor polynomials with 4 terms. The idea is to factor out the GCF from the first
    two terms, and then factor out the GCF from the second pair of terms, and hopefully you will have the
    same expression in parenthesis. (It might happen that you have to rearrange the terms to factor correctly).

    Factor 3 2
    x  3x 16x  48.
    From the first two terms we can factor 2
    x and from the second two terms we can factor
    out
    out -16: x3  3x2 16x  48  x2 (x  3) 16(x  3). We now combine the terms in front of (x  3) to
    obtain: x2 (x  3) 16(x  3)  (x 2  16)(x  3) . Now notice that the first factor is the difference of two

    squares. Altogether, then x3  3x2 16x  48  (x  4)(x  4)(x  3) .

    Practice Exercises:

    Factor completely:
    2
    1. y 9 2. x3  8y 3 3. 2x2  2x 12

    3 2 2 4
    4. x  3x  4x 12 5. 3x 10x  8 6. 5x 125

    2
    7.  x  6x  8 8. 81a9  3b6 9. ac  ad  bc 
    bd

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