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  • 02-08-2018
  • Mathematics
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I need help on factoring polynomials.

x^2- 2x - 24

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Riia
Riia Riia
  • 02-08-2018

In this question, we have to factor the given polynominal which is

[tex] f(x) = x^2 -2x-24 [/tex]

We need two factors of -24 whose sum is -2, and -6+4=-2

So we can write f(x) as

f(x) = (x-6)(x+4)

And that's the required factored form .

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aminhakanate154 aminhakanate154
  • 02-08-2018
the answer is : (x -6)^2 +(x+4)^2
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