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Which of the following is a factor of 12x2 − 4x − 1?

6x − 1
2x + 1
2x − 1
None of the above

User Tano
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the correct answer is 2x-1

the first thing i did was multiply A and C that obviously gave me 12 so i had to make sure that what ever i had in parenthesis added up to B in our equation
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2x-1

(2x-1)(6x+1) = 12x^2 - 4x - 1

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