marlisamoore
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  • 22-08-2017
  • Mathematics
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can someone help with factoring the trinomial

can someone help with factoring the trinomial class=

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choixongdong
choixongdong choixongdong
  • 22-08-2017
x^2 - 13x + 40

as you know 40 = 5 x 8 or 40 = (-5) x (-8)
since -13x has -13 as coefficient so they should be (-5) and (-8)

x^2 - 13x + 40 = (x - 5)(x - 8)

(x - 5)(x - 8)
= x ^ 2 - 5x - 8x + 40
x ^ 2 - 13x + 40

so answer
D. (x - 5)(x - 8) 
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