Factoring a quadratic is like we are doing FOIL backward. We are breaking the quadratic in standard form back into its smaller multiplication parts like if we broke 35 into 5x7. With quadratics we learned the BOX-METHOD (sometimes called area model) to help with this. Show this method to factor the following two quadratics. Remember, I am looking for your thinking so either explain in sentences or show the box so I can follow your logic…

x2-2x-48



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