Question

consider the following quadratic equation:
x^2-7x+1=9
using the standard form ax^2+bx+c=0 of the quadratic equation above, factor the left hand side equation into two linear factors

Answer 1

x*2 -7x +1 =9
x*2 - 7x -8 =0
(x-8)(x+1)=0
x_1=1
x_2=-8

Answer 2

\[(x-8)(x+1)\]