Question

Given the following expression: 9x2 – 14x – 8 One of its simplified factors is: NOTE: If an answer is (x + 1), then do not use any spaces in your answer and be sure to include the parentheses. Your answer would look like this: (x+1) I

Answer 1

the second degree trinomial is

$9x^2-14x-8$

we must find the factorization as

$(ax+b)(x+c)$

where

$\begin{gathered} a=9 \\ b=4 \\ c=-2 \end{gathered}$

hence,

$9x^2-14x-8=(9x+4)(x-2)$