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Which binomial is a factor of c^2+3c+2

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c^2+3c+2=c^2+2c+c+2=c(c+2)+1(c+2)=(c+2)(c+1)
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This is a quadratic that only factors into 2 very specific factorizations, which are (x+1) and (x+2). You didn't give any choices for your binomials, but those are the only 2 possible, so pick whichever one is one of your choices.
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