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Help me to do this problem please. by factoring trinomials by Box method.

Help me to do this problem please. by factoring trinomials by Box method.-example-1

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Here, we want to factorize the given trinomial using the box method

We follow the processes as highlighted below;

a) We multiply the leading coefficient and the term without a variable, i.e the constant term number

That will be 2 * (-12) = -24

b) Now, we find two numbers whose product will be equal to -24 and the sum will be the middle term which is +5

In this case, the numbers are -3 and 8

c) Now, we are going to place the following in the grids;

d) The next thing to do is to find the greatest common factor on each row and each columm and place these outside the box

We have this as follows;

e) The factors are the outside terms on the box and we have this as;


2z^2+5z-12\text{ = (}2z-3)(z+4)

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