Two students, ann and max, factored the trinomial 4x2 − 6x − 4. ann factored it as 2(x − 2)(2x + 1) and max factored it as (x − 2)(4x + 2). indicate which student factored the trinomial completely and which student did not, and explain why.

true

explanation:

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents