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&nbsp;$(a \\times c)$ and add to give $\\simplify{{a}*{d}+{b}*{c}}$&nbsp; &nbsp; $(b)$</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Note that $(\\var{a*d}) \\times (\\var{b*c}) = \\var{a*b*c*d}$</p>\n<p>and</p>\n<p>($\\var{a*d})+(\\var{b*c}) =&nbsp;\\var{a*d+b*c}$</p>\n<p>So the two numbers required are $\\var{a*d}$ and $\\var{b*c}$.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>We can then return to our original quadratic and split the $x$ coefficient into two pieces,&nbsp;$\\var{a*d}x$ and $\\var{b*c}x$, as follows:</p>\n<p>$\\simplify{{a*c}x^2+{a*d+b*c}x+{b*d}}=&nbsp;\\simplify[!cancelterms]{{a*c}x^2+{a*d}x+{b*c}x+{b*d}}$&nbsp;</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Now we can factorise the first two terms and the last two terms separately as:</p>\n<p>$\\simplify[!cancelterms]{{a*c}x^2+{a*d}x+{b*c}x+{b*d}} =&nbsp;\\simplify[!cancelterms]{{a}x({c}x+{d})+{b}({c}x+{d})}$</p>\n<p>which is the same as</p>\n<p>$\\simplify[!cancelterms]{({a}x+{b})({c}x+{d})}$ which is thus our final factorisation.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<h4>(b)</h4>\n<p>$\\simplify{({a}x+{b})({c}x+{d}) = 0}$ when either $\\simplify{{a}x+{b}} = 0$&nbsp; 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