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Standard Operating Procedure for Trinomial Factoring

As a lead analyst documenting optimization procedures for your department, you are required to write a brief technical guide on the initial setup for factoring the cost-modeling expression 18n237n+1518n^2 - 37n + 15 using the trial and error method. In your response, list all three possible factor pairs for the first term (18n218n^2) and the two potential factor pairs for the constant term (1515). Additionally, describe the 'GCF elimination shortcut' rule and explain why it allows an analyst to immediately reject certain combinations, such as (3n3)(6n5)(3n - 3)(6n - 5).

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