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Chapter 7 Plan What are your goals for Chapter 7? How can you accomplish each goal? 1 Be prepared before and during class. • • • • 2 Understand the homework to the point where you could do it without needing any help or hints. • • • 3 Use the P.O.W.E.R. framework to help you communicate effectively with a study group: Switch “You” to “I.” • • • 4 Write your own goal. • What are your objectives for Chapter 7? How can you accomplish each objective? 1 Learn all the different methods for factoring polynomials. • Learn the different procedures for factoring polynomials of different forms. • Make a summary list of when to use each method. • Review multiplication tables, if needed. • Check your answers using multiplication. • Do the Putting It All Together section more than once. 2 Be able to solve quadratic and higher degree equations by factoring. • Learn the defi nition of standard form. • Learn the procedure for Solving a Quadratic Equation by Factoring. • Review multiplication tables, if needed. • Check solutions. 3 Be able to solve applied problems that involve quadratic equations. • Learn the procedure for Solving Applied Problems. • Always draw a diagram, when appropriate. • Use the procedure for Solving a Quadratic Equation by Factoring. • Check your answers. 4 Write your own goal. • www.mhhe.com/messersmith CHAPTER 7 Factoring Polynomials 355


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