Question

Factor completely x^2 - 4x - 12 Explain the steps. ^ = to the power of

Answer 1

Well x^2 is the same as x-squared (I don't know how to type it). 
So to start off, you have x-squared-4x-12 
Then you just have to combine the x's, and 1x-4x=-3x 
so your final answer would be -3x-squared-12