Factorize x^2+6x-5x2+6x5?

1 Answer
Mar 10, 2017

Please see below.

Explanation:

As we have x^2+6xx2+6x in the quadratic polynomial, it is akin to (x+a)^2=x^2+2ax+a^2(x+a)2=x2+2ax+a2. So we should convert the quadratic polynomial to this form. The process is explained below.

x^2+6x-5x2+6x5

= x^2+2xx x xx3 +3^2 -3^2 -5x2+2×x×3+32325

= (x+3)^2-9-5(x+3)295

= (x+3)^2-14(x+3)214

Here it end the requirement of the question. But if what one wants is to factorize it, one can use a^2-b^2=(a+b)(a-b)a2b2=(a+b)(ab) and proceed as given below.

(x+3)^2-14(x+3)214

= (x+3)^2-(sqrt14)^2(x+3)2(14)2

= (x+3+sqrt14)(x+3-sqrt14)(x+3+14)(x+314)

Note: Had it been x^2-6xx26x in the quadratic polynomial, we would have used (x-a)^2=x^2-2ax+a^2(xa)2=x22ax+a2.