After completing this section, you should be able to do the following.
- Recognize whether two terms share a common multiple.
- Factor a polynomial using common multiples.
- Check whether a polynomial has been factored correctly.
- Factor quadratic polynomials.
- Factor a polynomial by grouping.
- Divide two polynomials using polynomial long division.
- Divide two polynomials using synthetic long division.
- Factor a polynomial that has imaginary roots.