What is the factored form of x2 − 4x − 5?

2 answers:

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When the coefficient in front of the x^2 term is 1 you can factor a quadratic by finding two numbers such that the sum is the coefficient infront of x and the product is c. So
a+b=-4 and ab=-5 notice that -5 and 1 are solutions since (-5)*1=-5 and 1-5=-4 so you can factor it as (x-5)(x+1).

k0ka [10]3 years ago

4 0

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vfiekz [6]

Answer: The fourth term is -102

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Explanation:

The term after the nth term is generated by this rule $a_{n+1} = -4(a_n) + 2$ which means that we first
Step 1) multiply the nth term ( $a_n$ ) by -4
Step 2) Add the result of step 1 to the value 2 to get the next term in the sequence

Let's follow those steps above to generate the first four terms

The first term is $a_1 = 2$ . In short, the first term is 2

The second term is...
$a_{n+1} = -4(a_n) + 2$
$a_{1+1} = -4(a_1) + 2$
$a_{2} = -4(2) + 2$
$a_{2} = -8 + 2$
$a_{2} = -6$
So the second term is -6

The third term is...
$a_{n+1} = -4(a_n) + 2$
$a_{2+1} = -4(a_2) + 2$
$a_{3} = -4(-6) + 2$
$a_{3} = 24 + 2$
$a_{3} = 26$
The third term is 26

Finally, the fourth term is...
$a_{n+1} = -4(a_n) + 2$
$a_{3+1} = -4(a_3) + 2$
$a_{4} = -4(26) + 2$
$a_{4} = -104 + 2$
$a_{4} = -102$
The fourth term is -102.

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4 years ago

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avanturin [10]

Answer: 7 x + 6 = 6 x minus 3

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