Real math help.
How Do You Figure Out What Factoring Strategy to Use?
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When your trying to factor a polynomial, one of the most difficult tasks can be determining the correct factoring strategy. Luckily, this tutorial provides a great strategy for factoring polynomials! Check it out and always know how to approach factoring a polynomial!
Background Tutorials
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Polynomial Definitions
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What is a Polynomial?
If you learn about algebra, then you'll see polynomials everywhere! In this tutorial, you'll learn the definition of a polynomial and see some of the common names for certain polynomials.
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Simplifying Expressions
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What's a Term?
Polynomials are those expressions that have variables raised to all sorts of powers and multiplied by all types of numbers. When you work with polynomials you need to know a bit of vocabulary, and one of the words you need to feel comfortable with is 'term'. So check out this tutorial, where you'll learn exactly what a 'term' in a polynomial is all about.
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Factoring Strategies
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How Do You Factor a Polynomial by Guessing and Checking?
Factoring trinomials can by tricky, but this tutorial can help! Follow along as a trinomial is factored using the guess and check method. What, no possibilities work? The trinomial must be prime! Watch this tutorial and see what happens!
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How Do You Factor the Greatest Common Factor out of a Polynomial?
Factoring out the greatest common factor of a polynomial can be an important part of simplifying an expression. In this tutorial, you get step-by-step instructions on how to identify and factor out the greatest common factor.
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Factoring Strategies
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What's a Prime Polynomial?
If the only factors a polynomial are 1 and itself, then that polynomial is prime. To learn all about prime polynomials, check out this tutorial!
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