Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 10 - Section 10.6 - Factoring General Trinomials - Exercise - Page 356: 32

Answer

$(2y-11)(y+9)$

Work Step by Step

For the polynomial $$ 2y^2 +7y -99 $$ we check the factors of $ac=2(-99)=-188$. The only factors that can give the right middle term are $-11$ and $18$, as follows $$ 2y^2 +7y -99 =(2y-11)(y+9) .$$
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