Difference Between x^2 + ax + b and ax^2 + bx + c?

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Is there a difference between the form x^2 + ax + b and ax^2 + bx + c? I ask because I can use the AC factoring method for them both.
 

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The AC factoring method? I don't know of that one. The first form is the same as the second form where a=1.
 
they are the same. any quadratic expression in x can be expressed both ways.

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