Question

Factor the following trinomial:

x^2 + 25x + 154

Answer 1

there are different methods
one is to look for two numbers whose sum is the middle-term 25 and the product is the last term 154

Answer 2

another method is completing the square, whence in the format Ax^2+Bx+C =0 you obtain half of the coefficient of B then square it to add as a constant

Answer 3

another method is AC-Method
https://people.richland.edu/james/misc/acmeth.html

Answer 4

another method is using the quadratic formula

Answer 5

\[X=-b \pm \frac{ \sqrt{b^2-4ac} }{ 2a }\]

Answer 6

you can factor this

Answer 7

how?

Answer 8

(x+11)(x+14)

Answer 9

Thank you, next question.