How do you factor the expression $2x^2-3x-2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-16T10:58:11

$(x-2)(2x+1)$

Solving these types of questions takes a lot of practice

Factors of 2 are {1,2}

and $-(2xx2)+(1xx1)=-3$

$=>(x-2)(2x+1)$

Check:

$x^2+x-4x-2 ->x^2-3x-2$ it works

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