How to factor a trinomial - SAT Math
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Question
Solve each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given.
What are the zeros of the following trinomial?
Solve each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given.
What are the zeros of the following trinomial?
Answer
First factor out a 
. Then the factors of the remaining polynomial,
, are 
and 
.
Set everything equal to zero and you get 
, 
, and 
because you cant forget to set 
equal to zero.
First factor out a
Set everything equal to zero and you get
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