Question

how do you factor 7x - 60 + x^2? please show all steps to get to the answer

Answer 1

STEP1:
Solve quadratic equation x2 + 7x - 60 = 0
The solutions are:
x1 = 5
x2 = -12
STEP2:
Use formula for factoring quadratic equation:
ax2 + bx + c = a(x - x1)(x - x2)
Where x1 and x2 are solutions of quadratic equation
In our case we have:
x2 + 7x - 60 = 1(x - 5)(x - (-12)) that is
x2 + 7x - 60 = (x - 5)(x + 12)
answer: (x - 5)(x + 12)

I hope I helped.

Answer 2

thanks so much!! you did help a lot :) @arianadarsh

Answer 3

your welcome any time