Question

i need help in a problem. was wondering if i can get help? ill give a medal

Answer 1

plz say

Answer 2

@PeytonPerez372

Answer 3

ok let me find it sorry

Answer 4

Please post the question right up front. Once others have seen your question, they can decide whether or not they want to respond.

Answer 5

\[x ^{2} -10x +24\]

Answer 6

thanks, and what are the instructions for this problem?

Answer 7

i need to factor it

Answer 8

Since the coefficient of the x^2 term is just 1, look at the 3rd (the constant) term, 24.
What are factors of 24? More specifically, what are negative factors of 24?
Which two negative factors of 24 combine to produce your middle term, -10x?

Answer 9

it would be 2??? so (x+2)(x-2)?? like that

Answer 10

is -6 and -4 correct factors @PeytonPerez372

Answer 11

i know let him ans

Answer 12

say fast

Answer 13

yes they are. ??

Answer 14

Try to take a more systematic approach. While 2 and -2 are factors of 24, 2 and -2 do NOT combine to produce -10x, so 2 and -2 cannot be correct.

Answer 15

ohhh ok

Answer 16

then is my ans correct @PeytonPerez372

Answer 17

@rvc: the goal here is to help Peyton Perez arrive at the correct answer herself, not to check your answer. Please guide her towards finding solutions herself.

Answer 18

so it would be (x+-6) (x+-4)... i am a guy....:0

Answer 19

ok sir

Answer 20

o +(-6)?

Answer 21

u r close

Answer 22

PP: Please don't mix those + and - signs. You'll need to decide which is correct, + or -, and use only the correct sign.

Answer 23

@PeytonPerez372

Answer 24

ohh ok so rvc which one would it be

Answer 25

plz try we r there 4 u @PeytonPerez372

Answer 26

May I turn that question around and ask you, Peyton Perez, why you thought it necessary to use +-? You were to find two factors of 24 that combine to produce -10x. Which negative factors of 24 do that?

Answer 27

i just need to find a quick answer honestly

Answer 28

I understand, but once y ou learn how to do these problems correctly, you'll be able to do them a lot faster as well.

The two negative factors of 24 that combine to -10 are -6 and -4.
Thus, one factor of the given expression is (x-6) and the other is ???

Answer 29

i m correct just substitute
i'll check u write

Answer 30

@Peytonperez372

Answer 31

@PeytonPerez372 You say you just need a quick answer. You're going to need to factor a lot of trinomials before you're done. Learning how to factor them properly will allow you to look at the trinomial and immediately write down the answer in much less time than it takes you to post a question here on OpenStudy, possibly even less time than it takes you just to type the trinomial.