Question

What are the factors of the trinomial? Check all that apply

Answer 1

For this case, the first thing we should do is write the trinomial.

To do this, we add similar terms.

We have then:

$x ^ 2 + 2x - 7x - 7 - 7$

Then, rewriting the trinomial we have:

$x ^ 2 + 2x - 7x - 14$

Then, the trinomial is given by:

$x ^ 2 - 5x - 14$

Factoring we have:

$x (x + 2) -7 (x + 2)$

Rewriting we have:

$(x + 2) (x-7)$

Answer:

The trinomial factors are given by:

$(x + 2)\\(x-7)$