The document provides steps to factor expressions of the form ax^2 + bx + c: 1) Pick an example expression like 15x^2 + 26x + 8. 2) Find two numbers whose product is the leading coefficient and sum is the middle coefficient. For 15x^2 + 26x + 8, these numbers are 3 and 5. 3) Write the factored form as (ax + b)(cx + d) where ac is the leading coefficient and bd is the constant term.