Lets solve an example:
[tex]\begin{gathered} y=x^2+6x+8 \\ \end{gathered}[/tex]this quadratic polynomial is in standard form. We can write the same polynomial in factored form as
[tex]y=(x+4)(x+2)[/tex]In the case of quadratic polynomials, a fast check is
that is, 4 plus 2 must be equal to 6 in the term 6x and
4 times 2 must be 8 in the constant term, which is 8.
