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x^2+6x+5?

 Sep 19, 2017
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x2+6x+5

Determine a, b, and c values.

a=1,b=6,c=5

Multiply a by b

ab=15=5

What factors of 5 add up to 6?

Since there are only two factors of 5, 1 and 5, determine which variations combine to 6.

In this case it would be a +5 and a +1.

(x+5)(x+1)

 Sep 21, 2017

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