Name: crystal

Who is asking: Student
Level: Secondary

Question:
Factor Completely: 12x 2 - 20x - 8



Hi Crystal,

The very first fact to notice about this expression is that each of the coefficients is a multiple of 4. Hence you can take out a common factor of 4.

12x 2 - 20x - 8 = 4(3x 2 - 5x - 2)

Now can you complete the factorization?
Penny

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