3 years ago

When asked to factor the x^2-121 a student gives the answer (x-11)(x-11) what is wron with this answer?

Mathematics

2 answers:

Art [367]3 years ago

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Given expression is x² - 121

This is called Difference of Squared terms, we have a formula that is given as :-

a² - b² = (a - b) · (a + b)

Now using the above formula in the given expression, we get :-

x² - 121

x² - (11)²

here a = x and b = 11

x² - (11)² = (x - 11) · (x + 11)

but it says that student gave the answer as (x - 11) · (x - 11).

So, student's answer should be (x - 11) · (x + 11) instead of product of two (x - 11) terms.

Akimi4 [234]3 years ago

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Answer:

one minus sign should be a plus sign

Step-by-step explanation:

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