How do you factor the trinomial #5x^2 + 5x - 10 #?
1 Answer
Mar 16, 2016
Explanation:
Let us understand the standard form of a trinomial.
In this case, 5 is the
All of these terms have one term in common-- 5. We can divide each term in this trinomial by 5, and multiply it to the overall equation.
Now there is a simple trinomial inside the parentheses.
We must find two numbers that multiply to -2 and add to 1. These are +2 and -1.
Write these as binomials
This is your final answer.