2x^2-6x+4 help?

Question

You have to put it in factored form.

Answer 1

2x² - 6x + 4 = 0

 

The first thing to notice is that every term can be divided by 2. So the equation becomes:

 

x² - 3x + 2 = 0

 

So now we need to find 2 numbers that multiply to equal positive 2, and add to equal -3. Those numbers are -2 and -1. So our equation is now:

 

(x - 2)(x - 1) = 0