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I had done my own working out to rewrite as the product of factors and found 2x(x+3) + -1(x+3)
I think I am misunderstanding something..
Could you tell me what I have done wrong? I used reverse FOIL...
I want to make a sign diagram from the factorised equation
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Your result is correct since:
2x(x+3) + -1(x+3) = 2x(x+3) -1(x+3) = (x+3)(2x - 1) = (2x - 1)(x + 3)