Learning about Factoring

In higher math levels the basics will naturally be factoring. Not knowing how to factor will mess you up as you get higher in math. Factoring means simplifying into smaller or simplest form. when you multply and divide you would have the factoring rules in there from Monomials Binomials and Polynomial. When you want to factor a quadratic equation like x²+4x+4 you would find two factors of 4 that can be multiplied into 4 as well as sdd up to 4x when finding the two you would be able to have your answer. The factors of 4 is 1,2,4 and the numbers that is able to go into both is 2. the formation would be (x+2)(x+2). To solve and see if its correct you would have to do FOIL method. its First Outter Inner Last. you so x multiplied by x and x multiplied by 2 which will equal x²+2x. then you would multiply 2 by x and 2 by 2 which will equal 2x+4. when you put them together is till be x²+2x+2x+4. You are only able to combind like terms so it will then equal the quadratic of x²+4x+4. thats the basic of Triganometry and geometry.