Factoring+Summary

=  **ANY QUADRATIC EQUATION CAN BE SOLVED BY FOLLOWING THESE STEPS!!!**   =


 * 1) Check for the Greatest Common Factor (GCF)
 * 2) Look for Difference of Squares
 * 3) Check for Perfect Square Trinomials
 * 4) Check if a = or [|≠] 1
 * 5) Use the reverse FOIL method

Example ** 2x 2 + 8x + 16 ** ANSWER: **(x 2 +4)(x 2 +4) or (x+4) 2 **
 * 1) Check for GCF (2)  x 2 + 4x + 8
 * 2) Look for Difference of Squares (N/A)  not a binomial *unless written as (x 2 + 4)
 * 3) Check for Perfect Square Trinomials (N/A) *unless written as (x 2 +4)
 * 4) Check if a = or [|≠] 1 (x 2 )
 * 5) Reverse FOIL (x 2 +4)(x 2 +4)