QUADRATIC

TRINOMIAL
Members:

JOHANNA KESIA SANTOS

MBHEY CERENO
RALIEN MAY FLORES
KATRINA PAULA GALISTA
HAROLD VALENZUELLA
MARK SABALLO

PART ONE OBJECTIVES

It is 2x x. And the last term is no problem either -- it is 3 5. And so the only question
is: Where does the middle term 13x come from?
The middle term is the sum of the like terms: 10x + 3x :
(2x + 3)(x + 5)

2x2 + 10x + 3x + 15

2x2 + 13x + 15.

If we say that when multiplying binomials, there are four steps --

-- then which steps produce the middle term, which is the sum of the like terms?
The 2nd plus the 3rd.

Or as we often call them, the "Outers" plus the "Inners."

It is skillful to be able to pick out the like terms quickly -- to point at them mentally with
your eyes. Because in the next Lesson we will want to factor 2x2 + 13x + 15.
Will it be factored as
(2x + 5)(x + 3) ?
Or as
(2x + 3)(x + 5) ?
The key lies in choosing the combination that correctly gives the middle term, 13x.
In the first possibility, can we make 13x by combining the Outersplus the Inners: 6x
with 5x ?
No, we cannot. But in the second possibility we can:
10x + 3x = 13x.
2x + 13x + 15 will therefore be correctly factored as
2

(2x + 3)(x + 5).

To check that, the student should practice adding the like terms mentally. That is, to
multiply
(2x + 3)(x + 5) ,

look at 2x and x and write 2x .

2

Next, look at 2x 5 and 3 x together -- "10x + 3x" -- and write 13x.

Finally, 3 5 = 15.
(2x + 3)(x + 5) = 2x2 + 13x + 15.

With practice, your eye will get used to picking out the Outers plus the Inners. Those are
the like terms. You do algebra with your eyes.
(3x 1)(x + 2). Write only the sum of the like terms.
Answer. 5x. That is,

6x x = 5x.
Example 2. Multiply (3x 1)(x + 2).
Answer.

3x2 + 5x 2

The first term of the trinomial is 3x x = 3x2.

The middle term we found to be 5x.
And the third term is 1 2 = 2.
Example 3.

1 the coefficient of x. (x + 2)(x + 3)

When 1 is the coefficient of the x's, the multiplication is especially simple:

When we add the outers plus the inners, the coefficient of x is the sum of the two
numbers. The constant term, as always, is their product.
Example 4. (x 1)(x + 5) = x2 + 4x 5.
The outers plus the inners give 4x. More simply, the coefficient of xis 1 + 5. The
constant term is 1 5.
ACT 1. Write only the trinomial product.
a) (x + 2)(x + 4) = x2 + 6x + 8
b) (x + 2)(x 4) = x2 2x 8
c) (x 2)(x 4) = x2 6x + 8
d) (x + 1)(x 8) = x2 7x 8
e) (x 1)(x + 8) = x2 + 7x 8
f) (x 1)(x 8) = x2 9x + 8
g) (x + 4)(x + 5) = x2 + 9x + 20
h) (x + 2)(x 8) = x2 6x 16
i) (x 3)(x 7) = x2 10x + 21

EXAMPLE Multiply 2(x + 3)(x 1)

Solution. We can multiply only two factors at a time. First multiply the binomials,
then distribute 2:
2(x + 3)(x 1)

Example 6.

2(x2 + 2x 3)

2x2 + 4x 6.

(x + 4)(x 5)

= (x2 x 20)

= x2 + x + 20.
Multiply the binomials. Then remove the parentheses.
Example 7. (x 4)(x + 5)(x 2)
Multiply two of the binomials. Then multiply that product with third.
(x 4)(x + 5)(x 2)

=
=

(x 4)(x2 + 3x 10)

x3 + 3x2 10x
4x2 12x + 40

x3 x2 22x + 40.