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How does your strategy for factoring equations differ from factoring polynomial expressions?

Solution: If we have trinomial and if the leading coefficient of the trinomial is 1, then we will follow the following steps:

1. Write all the possible factors of the constant term.

2. Selects those pair of factors which on products gives the constant term and on adding or subtraction gives the coefficient of middle terms.

3. Now splite the middle terms in two parts. Each part should contain one factors of the constant terms.

4. Take common in the first two terms and common in the last two term.

5. Finally take common the whole paranthsis through out the expression.

If the leading coefficient of the trinomial is other than 1, then we will follow the following steps:

1.Find the product of the leading coefficient and constant term,

2. Write all the possible factors of this product.

Now follow the above method after finding those factors which gives the middle term on adding or subtraction.

If the polynomial has four terms, then...

Make two pairs of tems in such a way that after taking common from each pair, the polynomial get factored.