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Standard Operating Procedure: Factoring a Logistics Cost Formula
You are a training coordinator at SwiftLogistics. To help new logistics analysts understand mathematical modeling, you are drafting a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). The SOP must explain how to simplify a delivery cost formula represented by the trinomial .
Write a step-by-step guide explaining how to completely factor this expression using the 'ac' method. In your explanation, ensure you describe each of the following steps:
- Identifying and factoring out the Greatest Common Factor (GCF).
- Defining the product for the remaining trinomial.
- Finding the two integers that multiply to and add up to the middle coefficient.
- Rewriting and factoring the expression by grouping.
- Showing the final completely factored form.
- Describing how to verify that the final factors are correct.
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