Factor this trinomial x^2+4x+4
Be warned though, if you give me the wrong answer to this I will mass tag spam the entire site.

Question

Factor this trinomial x^2+4x+4
Be warned though, if you give me the wrong answer to this I will mass tag spam the entire site.

jadeishere · Answer

(x + 2) (x + 2)

anonymous · Answer

yea she got it

anonymous · Answer

Thanks

jadeishere · Answer

The reason being is;
you find two numbers that add up to 4 while also equaling 4 as the product

anonymous · Answer

Thanks... what about b^2-11b-12?

jadeishere · Answer

let me work on this one, the the other one was easy >.<

anonymous · Answer

haha, okay thank you, take your time.

anonymous · Answer

I got this one.

jadeishere · Answer

Kaykay :)

anonymous · Answer

(b-12)(b-1)

anonymous · Answer

call_me, that option isn't there on my test, was that a typo?

jadeishere · Answer

it's be (b - 12) (b+1) wouldn't it?

anonymous · Answer

yes.

anonymous · Answer

my fault.

anonymous · Answer

that was a close one call_me, if I were to enter that I would have failed my test... e_e

jadeishere · Answer

I didn't even think of that >.< I was think 4 and 3 and was like :does not make sense...

anonymous · Answer

I had the right thing I just had a "-" sign instead. because the same sign equals a positive. opposite sign equals negative.

jadeishere · Answer

yeppers