5. Bo factored x2 – 10xy + 16y2 as follows:
Line 1 x2 – 10xy + 16y2
Line 2 x2 – 8xy – 2xy + 16y2
Line 3 x(x – 8) – 2y(x – 8y)
Line 4 prime
A. Did Bo correctly factor the polynomial? Justify your response by explaining why it is is factored correctly or by showing the correct solution if it is not factored correctly.

B. Explain how you would know if a polynomial of the form ax2 + bxy + cy2 was prime?

Question

5.	Bo factored x2 – 10xy + 16y2 as follows: 
Line 1	x2 – 10xy + 16y2
Line 2	x2 – 8xy – 2xy + 16y2
Line 3	x(x – 8) – 2y(x – 8y)
Line 4	prime
A.	Did Bo correctly factor the polynomial? Justify your response by explaining why it is is factored correctly or by showing the correct solution if it is not factored correctly.

B.	Explain how you would know if a polynomial of the form ax2 + bxy + cy2 was prime?

anonymous · Answer

help please

anonymous · Answer

no one

anonymous · Answer

because you should be doing it by yourself this is cheating

kewlgeek555 · Answer

@ducky2850 :

It would not be cheating if you help him get to the answer...

@desmonds :

This is what I said for Part A:
Bo did not correctly factor the polynomial.  He almost got it right, though.  In the last step he made x^2-8xy into x(x-8), when he really should have made it into x(x-8y), resulting the factored polynomials to be...(x-8y)(x-2y).

anonymous · Answer

Kewl...umm by definition of cheating...giving someone the answer....is cheating..I feel bad because you are helping someone fail their FLVS course.  You know those teachers look at open study

anonymous · Answer

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