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An inventory controller at a retail distribution company uses a quadratic expression to model the daily storage costs of seasonal merchandise. The cost model is represented by the trinomial 16x2−32x+12{}16x^2 - 32x + 12. To simplify the model, the controller first factors out the greatest common factor (GCF) of 4, resulting in the expression 4(4x2−8x+3){}4(4x^2 - 8x + 3). To factor the inner expression 4x2−8x+3{}4x^2 - 8x + 3 using the ac method, the controller must find two integers that multiply to 12 and add up to -

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