My Friend Does Math is a mnemonic device to remember the steps for factoring a trinomial when a does not equal 1: (1) multiply using the distributive property, (2) factor out the greatest common factor, (3) divide the remaining terms by the factorized greatest common factor. The steps are: multiply, factor out, divide, and multiply.
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