{"id":271805,"date":"2025-07-26T07:31:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T07:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=271805"},"modified":"2025-07-26T07:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T07:31:40","slug":"in-order-to-factor-4x-2-27x-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/26\/in-order-to-factor-4x-2-27x-18\/","title":{"rendered":"In order to factor 4x ^ 2 &#8211; 27x + 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In order to factor 4x ^ 2 &#8211; 27x + 18 , we must break up the &#8220;bx&#8221; term into two terms whose coefficients\u2026<br>add to-27 and multiply to 72.<br>add to 27 and multiply to 72.<br>add to 27 and multiply to 72.<br>add to 7 and multiply to -72.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To factor the quadratic expression 4&#215;2\u221227x+184x^2 &#8211; 27x + 18, we need to break up the &#8220;bx&#8221; term into two parts. The goal is to find two numbers that add up to -27 (the coefficient of xx) and multiply to 72 (the product of 4\u00d7184 \\times 18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1: Identify the product and sum.<\/strong><br>The coefficient of x2x^2 is 4, and the constant term is 18. Therefore, the product of the first and last coefficients is: 4\u00d718=724 \\times 18 = 72<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need two numbers that add up to -27 and multiply to 72.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2: Find two numbers that satisfy the conditions.<\/strong><br>We need two numbers that add to -27 and multiply to 72. These numbers are -9 and -18 because: \u22129+(\u221218)=\u221227-9 + (-18) = -27<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and \u22129\u00d7\u221218=72-9 \\times -18 = 72<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3: Break up the &#8220;bx&#8221; term.<\/strong><br>Now that we have the two numbers, we can split the middle term, \u221227x-27x, into \u22129x-9x and \u221218x-18x. This gives us: 4&#215;2\u22129x\u221218x+184x^2 &#8211; 9x &#8211; 18x + 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4: Factor by grouping.<\/strong><br>Next, we group the terms: (4&#215;2\u22129x)\u2212(18x\u221218)(4x^2 &#8211; 9x) &#8211; (18x &#8211; 18)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, factor out the greatest common factor (GCF) from each group: x(4x\u22129)\u221218(4x\u22129)x(4x &#8211; 9) &#8211; 18(4x &#8211; 9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5: Factor out the common binomial.<\/strong><br>Since both terms contain (4x\u22129)(4x &#8211; 9), we can factor it out: (4x\u22129)(x\u221218)(4x &#8211; 9)(x &#8211; 18)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the factored form of 4&#215;2\u221227x+184x^2 &#8211; 27x + 18 is: (4x\u22129)(x\u221218)(4x &#8211; 9)(x &#8211; 18)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer to the question is &#8220;add to -27 and multiply to 72.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to factor 4x ^ 2 &#8211; 27x + 18 , we must break up the &#8220;bx&#8221; term into two terms whose coefficients\u2026add to-27 and multiply to 72.add to 27 and multiply to 72.add to 27 and multiply to 72.add to 7 and multiply to -72. 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