anata Algebra - Factoring Polynomials Paul's Online Notes Home / Algebra / Preliminaries / Factoring Polynomials, Section 1-5 : Factoring Polynomials - Practice Problems Solutions Back to Problem List 9, Factor the following polynomial. y? + 16y + 60 [Show All Steps] Hide Solution + The initial form for the factoring will be, (y+_)(y+_) and the factors of 60 are, (-1)(—60) (—2)(—30) (—3)(—20) (—4)(—15) (—5) (-12) (1) (60) (2) (30) (3) (20) (4) (15) (5) (12) Sometimes there are a lot of factors that we need to deal with. As you get more practice you will start to be able to do most of this in your head and won't need to actually write all of the factors down. Hide Step 2 Now, recalling that we need the pair of factors from the above list that will add to get 16. So, we can see that the correct factoring will then be, + 16y + 60 = |(y +6) (y + 10) ‘© 2003 - 2019 Paul Dawkins Page Last Modified: 4/23/2018 htpltutorial math lamar edulSelutions!Alg/Factoring/Prab9 aspx wn