How do you factor w2+4w+3?

1 Answer
Mar 7, 2018

(w+3)(w+1)

Explanation:

In this case, since a=1 (in ax2+bx+c), simply look for two numbers whose sum is 4 and whose product is 3. You can easily see that the two numbers are 1 and 3.

Then, just write it down: (w+3)(w+1)

Check: try expanding the brackets using FOIL.