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  1. Use algebra tiles to factor the following trinomials.

    1.   «math style=¨font-family:`Times New Roman`¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«msup»«mi»x«/mi»«mn»2«/mn»«/msup»«mo»+«/mo»«mn»7«/mn»«mi»x«/mi»«mo»+«/mo»«mn»10«/mn»«/math»


    2.  «math style=¨font-family:`Times New Roman`¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mn»2«/mn»«msup»«mi»x«/mi»«mn»2«/mn»«/msup»«mo»+«/mo»«mn»3«/mn»«mi»x«/mi»«mo»-«/mo»«mn»5«/mn»«/math» [Hint: you will need to add pairs of +x and −x tiles.]



 

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