where am i going wrong

[landon857]

i am stuck on factoring, can anyone help? My professor showed us some box formula but I'm still getting the answers wrong! Is there a secret to factoring trinomials of the form ax square + bx + c where a is not equal to 1?

 

[Deleted member 4993]

i am stuck on factoring, can anyone help? My professor showed us some box formula but I'm still getting the answers wrong! Is there a secret to factoring trinomials of the form ax square + bx + c where a is not equal to 1?

What are the formulae that were given to you?

for a quick review - you may want to check out:

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/solvquad.htm

 

[BigGlenntheHeavy]

Try grouping.