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OpenStudy (anonymous):

a^2 – a – 20 i need help... factoring trinomials

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

Find two numbers that multiply to -20 and add to -1. Can you find two such numbers?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-20 times -1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

factoring this... you need two numbers that multiply to -20 and add to make -1 (like @jim_thompson5910 said) 5 and 4 multiply to 20, which one do you make negative? -5 and 4. so (a-5)(a+4) = 0 a = 5, -4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok thnx!!! :D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

np (:

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