Question

Okay, So I'm new to this, but I was absent a couple days and have no clue what this is, but I have a test coming up soon, I would like to have some one walk me through this "The area of a rectangular garden is given by the trinomial x^2+x-30. What are the possible dimensions of the rectangle? Use factoring." Thanks

Answer 1

Factor!
x^2+x-30
Think about this questions
What two numbers make
_+_=1
and
_x_=-30

Answer 2

5 + -4
5 X -4

Answer 3

errr 6+(-5)
6X-5

Answer 4

When you factor you should get something like this..
(x+6)(x-5)
If you multiply them with eachother they should give you the original equation again.

Answer 5

Alright, thanks