Can someone me factor completely 9-6a-24a^2

-24a^2 - 6a + 9
You don't want a negative in front of the variable that is being squared.
-1(24a^2 + 6a - 9)
-3(8a^2 + 2a - 3)
now we use the A C method. what two numbers multiply to equal A×C (8×-3) and add to be B (2)?

6 and -4

-3(8a^2 + 6a - 4a - 3) factor by grouping
-3(2a(4a + 3) -1(4a + 3))
-3(2a - 1)(4a + 3)

hope this helped C:

Best answer that i found on yahoo ok   set :   x= length of 2nd piece in cm  x- 3= length of 1st piece in cm  x-4= length of 3rd piece in cm  then since you know they all came from the 20 cm ribbon you add them together and set them equal to 20x+ x-3 +x-4 = 20  3x - 7= 20  3x= 27  x= 9  the shortest piece is the third piece which is x- 4  x-4  9-4 = 5  the length of the smallest piece is 5 cm.  the other lengths are  9 cm  6 cm