Fourth rewrite 2x2+ 11x + 5 as a polynomial with four terms.

Split up the middle term into two. Rewriting the middle term as the sum of the two new terms using the two factors 10 and 1 we just found as the coefficients. So, we rewrite 11x as 10x + 1x.

                                

 

Fifth factor by grouping.

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Created by: Dr. Marcia L. Tharp

On 3/21/01

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