Factoring
Section: AlgebraBank code: ALG-FACGRE frequency: HighPro
1. Core Idea
Factoring means writing an expression as a product. It matters because of the zero-product property:
If A x B = 0, then A = 0 or B = 0.
That is the only reliable way to solve most non-linear equations, and it is also how fractions get simplified.
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