Geometry Bonus Blog #9

Thank you for visiting the blog. You have until Saturday, April 17, 2010 by 12:00 NOON to answer the following TWO-PART question. Make sure that you use COMPLETE sentences. For example, "No", "Yes", or "I don't know" would not be acceptable for full credit.

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This is a bonus blog, which will count as 1 extra QUIZ grade (I'll drop your lowest quiz grade this six weeks). If both parts are correct (with the correct explantaions for each), you will get the QUIZ grade and FIFTEEN POINTS on a TEST grade.

Here is the two-part question...
a. Write the step by step procedure to answer this question: A line passes through the points (-2, 3), (2, 5), and (6, k). Find the value of k.

b. Write the step by step procedure to factor this trinomial:

3x² + 2xy - 8y²