Here are 5 popular methods of factoring a trinomial ax^2+bx+c when a is not equal to 1. These are the AC method, factoring by grouping, the box method, slide and divide, and the tic-tac-toe methods.
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0:00 How do I factor a trinomial ax^2+bx+c
0:09 1st, AC method with grouping
2:08 2nd, AC method with the box
3:35 3rd, AC method, but weird version
4:52 4th, slide & divide
6:33 5th, tic-tac-toe factoring method
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