Question

Factor the polynomial below. To earn full credit please share all work/calculations/thinking. You may want to do this work by hand and then upload an image of that written work rather than try to type it all out. 12t^2+t-13

Answer 1

Given:

The polynomial is,

$12t^2+t-13$

Factor the polynomial,

$\begin{gathered} 12t^2+t-13=12t^2-12t+13t-13 \\ =\mleft(12t^2-12t\mright)+\mleft(13t-13\mright) \\ =12t(t-1)+13(t-1) \\ =\mleft(t-1\mright)(12t+13) \end{gathered}$

Answer:

$12t^2+t-13=(t-1)(12t+13)$