How do you factor 2x2+7x+3=0?

1 Answer
Oct 28, 2015

(x+3)(2x+1)

Explanation:

Our factorization will take the form

(a+b)(c+d)

These take practice. In this case I started of as follows

From the FOIL method I know that the last product has to be
3 so the factors are 1 and 3

(a+3)(b+1)

The middle term of your original expression is 7x

Therefore

(x+3)(2x+1)