Question

factor 45-14w+w^2

Answer 1

What factors of 45 add up to 14?

Answer 2

9 and 5

Answer 3

\[45 - 14 w + w^2=(-9+w) (-5+w)\]

So,the factors are 9 and 5!

Answer 4

Right, so your quadratic factorizes as one of these
(w + 9)(w + 5)
(w - 9)(w + 5)
(w + 9)(w - 5)
(w - 9)(w - 5)