Factor Trinomials:
1 answer:
Answer:
1.
2.
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>Problem #1:</u>
1. Find the GCF (Greatest Common Factor)
2. Factor out the GCF and simplify.
3. Factor
<u>Which two numbers add up to 7 and multiply to 10?</u>
2 and 5
<u>Rewrite the expression using the above.</u>
4. Done!
<u>Problem #2:</u>
1. Find the GCF (Greatest Common Factor)
2. Factor out the GCF and simplify.
3. Use the perfect square formula.
4. Done!
You might be interested in
4, 7 and 9 are mutually coprime, so you can use the Chinese remainder theorem.
Start with
Taken mod 4, the last two terms vanish and we're left with
We have , so we can multiply the first term by 3 to guarantee that we end up with 1 mod 4.
Taken mod 7, the first and last terms vanish and we're left with
which is what we want, so no adjustments needed here.
Taken mod 9, the first two terms vanish and we're left with
so we don't need to make any adjustments here, and we end up with .
By the Chinese remainder theorem, we find that any such that
is a solution to this system, i.e. for any integer
, the smallest and positive of which is 149.
<h3>Answer: (3, -1)</h3>
===============================================
Explanation:
The midpoint formula is
This basically says to add the corresponding coordinates and divide by 2.
The given points (2,5) and (4,-7) have x coordinates of 2 and 4. They add to 2+4 = 6, and then that result cuts in half to 6/2 = 3. The x coordinate of the midpoint is 3.
The y coordinate of the midpoint is y = -1 since adding the y coordinates of the given points leads to 5+(-7) = -2 which cuts in half to -1.
So overall the midpoint is located at (3, -1)