Question

To factor 8x² + bx + 3, a student correctly rewrites the trinomial as 8x^2 +px+qx+3. What is the value of pq?

(The product of the first coefficient and the constant).

Answer 1

Answer:  24

The first coefficient is 8 and the constant term is 3.

p = 8 and q = 3 leads to p*q = 8*3 = 24.