Question

Factor completely x2 + 8x - 20

Answer 1

Answer=(x-2) (x+10)

For this it helps if you do a factoring table but since I will not for the sake of not having an image to show you, I will try and explain my answer.

The expression is: 

x²+8x-20

In this case, since the x² doesn't have a number before it, we know that the beginning x's are solo, so we have...


(x+?)(x+?)

Now to solve the rest of the expression, we need to find two numbers that when multiplied equal -20 and when added equal 8.

a*b=-20
a+b=8

Lets look at the factor pairs of -20

(-1,20) or (1,-20) or (-2,10) or (2,-10) or (-4,5) or (4,-5)

Of all of these, only one pair have a sum of 8

So we can solve the expression

x²+8x-20=(x-2)(x+10)

Answer 2

X-2
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