6.6 Factoring Polynomials Greatest Common Factor Factoring by Grouping Factoring General Trinomials Perfect Square Trinomials
Summary of Factoring Techniques Greatest Common Factor Example 1: Check the factoring with the distributive property
Summary of Factoring Techniques Grouping Example 2: Check your factoring with FOIL Group the terms together Factor out the GCF of each grouping Factor out the like term (x- 4) - what’s left? (a2 + 3)
Ex. 3 Factor Answer:
Ex. 4 Factor Answer:
Summary of Factoring Techniques General Trinomials Example 5: Check your factoring with FOIL Factors of 30 that add up to -13. 5(6) = 30....find the factors of 30 that add up to -13 Group the terms together Factor out the GCF of each grouping Factor out the like term (x-2) - what’s left? (5x-3)
Ex. 6 Factor Answer:
Summary of Factoring Techniques Perfect Square Trinomials Example 7: Check your factoring with FOIL Middle term is 2 times the sq. root of 9 and x2
Ex. 8 Factor Answer: