Question

can someone study with me

Answer 1

sure i have a test tomorrow anyways....

Answer 2

cool thanks i do u have geometry

Answer 3

nah i have pre-calc :/

Answer 4

sorry i cant help you in that

Answer 5

its k maybe i can help u :o

Answer 6

okay do u know factoring

Answer 7

ya

Answer 8

okay our teacher wants us to know how to do it without the trial and error method

Answer 9

to what degree are you factoring up to?

Answer 10

y squared + 10y+ 25 here is an example

Answer 11

(y+5)(y+5)

Answer 12

or (y+5)^2

Answer 13

what's this trial and error way you guys did to factor?
i'm curious :o

Answer 14

she told us not to use that way she does not like even though its faster idk how to do it

Answer 15

http://www.algebrahelp.com/lessons/factoring/trinomial/pg2.htm

Answer 16

i think this is it

Answer 17

well there are a lot of ways to factor but the 3 main ones that don't require graphing are factoring, squaring , or the quadratic formula.
but the fastest is factoring

Answer 18

so lets do your example