Question

Factor the expression.

Answer 1

B. (k+10f)(k-5f) you can tell in 2 ways.  1. if the second sign is neg then the signs in the factors are going to be one neg and one positive so that knocks out C and D.  Then you look at the second term and since the 5 is positive then the 10 has to be positive so you end up with a positive 5kf.

The second way is to FOIL them out.  When you check B you get $k^{2} -5kf+10kf- 50f^{2}$ combine your like terms and you have your original expression of $k^{2} +5kf-50 f^{2}$

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