Represent the quadratic polynomial 2x2 + x – 6 using algebra tiles and determine the equivalent factored form. The number of zero pairs needed to model this polynomial is . The equivalent factored form is .

Raj encoded a secret phrase using matrix multiplication. using a = 1, b = 2, c = 3, and so on, he multiplied the clear text code for each letter by the matrix to get a matrix that represents the encoded text. the matrix representing the encoded text is . what is the secret phrase? determine the location of spaces after you decode the text. yummy is the corn the tomato is red the corn is yummy red is the tomato