Babydoll
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Alright. So... new problem I've encountered.
I really fucking suck at factoring polynomials and trinomials. Especially with problems that have a leading coefficient.
Here's an example from my textbook:
18 x^6 y^5 + 24 x^3 y^3
42 x^2 y^5
Seriously. Oh em gee. I think I'm kinda sorta screwed for my exam today.
I should have done my homework earlier..
Ellen
For a problem like that, I'd suggest trying to factor the 2 separate poly/trionomials first and use the co-efficients, with a question like that it's simpler to solve them separately.
Another tip I can add is.. look for the greatest common factor and solve it like you would a quadratic equation, with assigning co-efficients to all.
<------------ took and SURVIVED (barely ) 2 years of Calculus, I and II.