Factor 2x2 - 10x - 12. 2(x + 2)(x - 3) 2(x - 1)(x + 6) 2(x - 5)(x + 1)

Explanation:

The first figure has 2 blocks.

The second figure has 4 blocks.

The third figure has 8 blocks

The pattern 2,4,8,... follows the rule "double the current value to get the next one". Because we have this going on, we have an exponential pattern here.

A linear pattern would be something like 2,4,6,8,10,... showing that we add on 2 each time, rather than multiply by 2 each time. So as you can guess, or already know, exponential patterns grow much quicker compared to linear ones.