Question

Which constant term would mean that the expression is completely factored?
x^2 – 3x + ____
A. 10
B. -10

Answer 1

what do you think?

Answer 2

remember disc >=0 and a perfect square

Answer 3

HI!
is this the complete question?

Answer 4

yeah

Answer 5

Which constant term would mean that the expression is completely factored? makes no sense, since it is not factored at all
Which constant term would mean that the expression COULD BE FACTORED USING INTEGERS?
makes a little more sense

Answer 6

thats just how the program worded it

Answer 7

too bad it was written by a mathematically illiterate moron, probably FLVS or sommat

Answer 8

in any case pick \(-10\) since \[x^2-3x-10=(x-5)(x+2)\]

Answer 9

it was 10