The basic cosine function has a range of [ -1, 1 ]......the "4" out in front in this case is known as the "amplitude" and it effectively increases / decreases everything by a factor of 4.
So, the range of 4cos(x) = [-4, 4 ] .... !!!
Here's a graph that illustrates the point.....https://www.desmos.com/calculator/5whrzkd1l2
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Here is a worthwhile video one factoring quadratics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ-NRsWhOGI
If you are not into watching clips then maybe my rather ancient post will help you here. ![]()
http://web2.0calc.com/questions/grouping-method-and-factorizing-quadratic-equations
The clip is included at the end anyway :)
I dragged this out of our Sticky Topic "Reference Material" There is some good stuff in there ![]()