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lolol asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics Β· 1 decade ago

factoring by grouping?

what do you do when your constant term is less than your exponent in the middle...but the exponent in the middle is a large number?

example x^4 -100x^2-21

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Find two integers that multiply to -21 and add to -100; there are no two such integers, so this is not able to be factored.

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