"Now using our trick lets factor 5x^2 + 11x + 2."
Factoring ax^2 + bx +c
Continued
"Let's put an x here."
x
2
"Let's put a 2 here."
"Let's put a 5x here."
5x
"Let's put a 1 here."
1
5x^2
x
10x
2
"Yes! These two boxes add to 11x."
"Yes! this box multiplys to 5x^2."
"To make it even better this box is 2. So we are right!"
Try it out!!!
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