AC Method, C method: How to know which to use? What is difference?

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AC Method and C method:

How do you know which to use when factoring and what is the difference?
 
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How do you know which to use when factoring and what is the difference?
I am not familiar with "C" method?

Please provide examples of use of both methods - preferably for the same problem.
 
How do you know which to use when factoring and what is the difference?
I wish that teachers would emphasize that factoring is an art, not a science. For anything more complicated than a quartic, there is no guaranteed way to find a factoring even if one is guaranteed to exist. What are taught are various techniques that have a reasonable expectation of finding a factoring in a reasonable period of time. If one doesn't work, you try another.
 
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