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Factor each trinomial below. Find your answer and notice the letter next to it.
Write this letter in the box containing the number of that exercise. Keep working
and you will get the gripping answer to the title question.
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t 2 -15f
n2 - 7n +
n2-11/n
a 2 -4ab-21/3 2
f2 + 8 f - 9
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n2 + 2n-15
f2-7f-30
f2-f-30
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n2 + n - 56
f2 + 8 f - 4 8
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L) (n + 2)(n + 6)
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K) (a-Qb)(a + 4b)
(H) (n + 5)(n-3)
(t-25)(t + 2)
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(W) (n + 5)(n + 1)
(f-5)(f-10)
@ (a - 20fc)(a + 5b)
(n-3)(n-4)
f) (f + 6)(f + 8)
(§) (a + 2d)(a +
5) (f-10)(f + 3)
(W) (a + 9b)(a-
(n + 8)(n - 7)
(n + 2)(n + 5)
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(t + 8)(f + 2)
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(a - 25b)(a - 4b)
(f-4)(f+12)
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R) (n-12)(n-2)
ft) (n-7)(n-4)
(a + 7b)(a-b)
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(f-24)(f
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OBJECTIVE 3-n: To factor trinomials of the form x2 + bx + c,
where c is positive or negative (review).
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What Happened When a Strong Wind
Blew Through the Boarding House?
Factor each trinomial below. Find one of the factors in each column of binomials. Notice the
letter next to one factor and the number next to the other. Write the letter in the box at the
bottom of the page that contains the matching number.
A) (5u + 3)
3x2
(Y) (3u - 2)
0 (x-5)
2x2
(3x
3x 2 -16x +
7x 2 -9x +
6u2 + 5u +
8u2 - 9u +
10u2+17u
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(8u- 1)
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(7x-2)
0
(5u+1)
(x+1)
(W) (x + 2)
(5t/ + 6)
0
(2x + 3)
(2fc/ + 1)
9u 2 -9u +
(7x+2)
(3x-1)
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N) (n + 3)
3n2 + 2n - 1
(n-1)
5n2 - 4n - 1
2n2 + 5n-3
7n 2 -13n-2
3f2 + 14f-5
4f 2 -11f + 7
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(2n-1)
(f-7)
(3t-7)
(T7) 3t 2 -20t-7
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(f+1)
(n+1)
(t + 5)
(4t-7)
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OBJECTIVE 3-o: To factor trinomials of the form ax2 + bx + c,
where a is a positive integer greater than 1.
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