This document provides directions on how to factor the trinomial 3x^2 + 5x + 2 into two binomials. It shows setting up the trinomial with the x terms on one side and the numeric terms on the other, then finding two numbers whose product is the constant term and whose sum is the coefficient of the x term, which results in the factored form of (x+1)(3x+2).

1. Factoring Trinomials

2. Directions: Factoring
into two binomials
3x^2 + 5x + 2

3. 3x^2 + 5x + 2
x^2 x
x^2 x
x^2 x
1
x x
1

4. ANSWER
3x^2 + 5x + 2 = (x+1)(3x+2)