How do you factor $5w^2 - 6w + 1$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-21T19:51:53

$(5w-1)(w-1)$

$5w^2 -6w +1$

All the information you need to find the factors is in the trinomial.

Find the factors of $5 and 1$ which ADD (because of the PLUS 1)
to make 6.

The signs in the brackets will be THE SAME (because of the PLUS 1), they will BOTH be NEGATIVE. (because of the MINUS 6.

The factors of 1 are just 1, so ignore them.

$5 xx1 = 5 and 5 +1 = 6$

$(5w-1)(w-1)$

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