Post a 150-word response to one of the discussion prompts by Day 5 in the discussion area below:
Prompt 1
View one of the following Week 3 videos:
Patrick Just Math Tutorials: “Factoring Trinomials (a Quadratic Trinomial) by Trial and Error”
Patrick Just Math Tutorials: “Factoring Using the Greatest Common Factor”
Patrick Just Math Tutorials: “Factoring By Grouping Ex 1”
Answer the following questions:
How do you know when you have found the greatest common factor?
How does the method of factoring using the greatest common factor differ from using the method of grouping?
Which method do you prefer for factoring? Why? Provide an example in your explanation.
Prompt 2
View one of the following Week 3 videos:
Patrick Just Math Tutorials: “Factoring Trinomials (a Quadratic Trinomial) by Trial and Error”
Patrick Just Math Tutorials: “Factoring By Grouping Ex 1”
Answer the following questions:
What process do you use to factor polynomials when the leading coefficient is not 1 (example: ax2 + bx + c)?
How does this differ from factoring polynomials when the leading coefficient is 1 (example: x2 + bx + c)?
Provide two examples with your explanation. One of your examples should be of the form ax2 + bx + c and the other example of the form x2 + bx + c.
Prompt 3
View the following Week 3 video:
Patrick Just Math Tutorials: “Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring Basic”
Answer the following questions:
Is it possible to solve every quadratic equation by factoring? Why or why not?
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