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(1) The document provides a short review on how to factor quadratic equations from their standard form (ax2 + bx + c) into an equivalent factored form (x + m)(x + n). (2) It demonstrates the process with two example equations, showing that m + n must equal the b coefficient and m × n must equal the c constant. (3) For the equation x2 + 3x + 2, the factored form is (x + 1)(x + 2), and for the equation x2 – 12x + 35, the factored form is (x – 5)(x – 7).

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(1) The document provides a short review on how to factor quadratic equations from their standard form (ax2 + bx + c) into an equivalent factored form (x + m)(x + n). (2) It demonstrates the process with two example equations, showing that m + n must equal the b coefficient and m × n must equal the c constant. (3) For the equation x2 + 3x + 2, the factored form is (x + 1)(x + 2), and for the equation x2 – 12x + 35, the factored form is (x – 5)(x – 7).

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Hello everyone, today I’m going to review factoring quadratics for those of you who need some
extra help or missed the class where we went over this. This will be a short and quick review so
please come talk to me in person if you need more help after listening.
To begin, please write down on your paper the following equation:
ax² + bx + c
This is the standard form of a quadratic equation, where a and b are coefficients, c is a constant, and
x is some unknown variable.
Before we begin, I want to remind listeners that the method we're using today to factor quadratics
is only applicable when we’re looking at quadratics where a = 1 (meaning there is no visible
number before the x squared because it's an assumed 1).

Ok then, lets get started on reviewing how to factor quadratics. So, to start, we have our quadratic in
standard form — ax² + bx + c.

Our goal is to factor the quadratic equation so that we have an expression of the form
(x + m)(x + n)
where m + n = b and m • n = c, our coefficients from the original quadratic expression. Thus, our
factored expression, (x+ m)(x + n), is equivalent to the quadratic expression ax² + bx + c.
Let's visualize this better with an example:

x² + 3x + 2, a = 1, b = 3, and c = 2

We want to rewrite this as (x + m)(x + n).

Like I said earlier m + n = b and m • n = c. What this means is that we want to find a value for
m and n such that adding them together gives us our b coefficient and multiplying them gives
us our constant c. So, in example 1, I want you to think about what two numbers add to 3 and
also multiply to 2.
You can pause here to think about your answer…

Did you choose 1 and 2? If so, that's correct because 1 + 2 = 3 and 2 • 1 = 2. Therefore, 3 is our
m, 2 is our n, and we can substitute 3 and 2 for m and n in our factored quadratic equation,
(x + m)(x+n). Hence, the quadratic in factored form looks like (x + 3)(x + 2).

Moving on, since this is just a review of this concept and not a full lesson, we will only do one
more example which I will make a little more challenging.
Example 2 is the quadratic equation:

x² – 12 x + 35, a = 1, b = ?, and c = ?

Again, pause here and try this example for yourself before listening to see if you're on the right
track. Alright, example 2 — you needed to think of two numbers that multiply to 35
(or are factors of 35, hence the name factored form) and add to – 12. That’s right! The b
coefficient is a –12, not a +12. Did you notice that negative sign? That is a part of our b coefficient
so it stays attached to the 12 in this case. Did you come up with – 7 + (–5) = –12 and 7 • 5 = 35?
If you did, that’s great! If you didn’t, that’s okay because we’re going to talk about it!
A negative number plus another negative number will always be a negative number and a negative
number times a negative number will always be positive number. So –7 and – 5 work because adding
them gives us a negative value, –12, and multiplying them gives us a positive value, +35. Thus, we
can rewrite our quadratic equation, x² – 12x + 35 as the equivalent expression (x – 5)(x – 7 ).

Okay…that's all for now for this review on factoring quadratics. Thank you for listening and I hope
this quick review was helpful to you.

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