The area of a rectangular art studio is given by the trinomial 12 x squared plus 5 x minus 2. What are the possible dimensions of the studio? Use factoring.

A. left parenthesis 4 x plus 1 right parenthesis and left parenthesis 3 x minus 2 right parenthesis
B. left parenthesis 4 x minus 1 right parenthesis and left parenthesis 3 x plus 2 right parenthesis
C. left parenthesis 4 x minus 1 right parenthesis and left parenthesis 3 x minus 2 right parenthesis
D. left parenthesis 4 x plus 1 right parenthesis and left parenthesis 3 x plus 2 right parenthesis

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looks like you need to practice factoring quadratics.
And for sure you need to start typing math, not all those klunky words!
12x^2 + 5x-2 = (4x-1)(3x+2)

answers????

(4x-1) and (3x+2)