leading coefficient
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What happens when the leading coefficient is not 1 and there is no GCF?
From Textbooks • May 6, 2020
Don’t forget to look for a GCF first and remember if the leading coefficient is negative, so is the GCF.
From Textbooks • May 6, 2020
Sometimes, after you factor the GCF, the leading coefficient of the trinomial becomes 1 and you can factor it by the methods we’ve used so far.
From Textbooks • May 6, 2020
The “ac” method is actually an extension of the methods you used in the last section to factor trinomials with leading coefficient one.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
If it is a trinomial where the leading coefficient is one, x2 + bx + c , use the “undo FOIL” method.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
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