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Factoring Trinomials (ax^2 + bx + c = 0, where a does not equal 1)

Author: Parmanand Jagnandan

General Form of a Factored Quadratic Equation

This video provides some general guidelines to factoring quadratic equations.

Source: Kevin Kriescher

The ac Method

This video demonstrates how to factor a quadratic equation using what is known as the ac Method.

Source: SynthiaDabiri

Determining the Sign in the Quadratic Factors

This video demonstrates how to determine what the signs in the factors of a quadratic are.

Source: Kevin Kriescher

Practice Problems

This video demonstrates how to factor quadratic equations and solve for their roots.

Source: Kevin Kriescher