What is the factored form of $x^{2} - 8 x + 12$ $x^2-8x+12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-23T18:44:32

$(x - 6) (x - 2)$ $(x-6)(x-2)$

$x^{2} - 8 x + 12$ $x^2-8x+12$

Find numbers a and b such that:

$a + b = - 8$ $a +b=-8$
$a \cdot b = 12$ $a*b=12$

$a = - 2$ $a=-2$
$b = - 6$ $b=-6$

$x^{2} - 8 x + 12$ $x^2-8x+12$

$(x - 6) (x - 2)$ $(x-6)(x-2)$

graph{x^2-8x+12 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

What is the factored form of x2−8x+12x^2-8x+12?