Question #93719

1 Answer
Apr 6, 2017

(x+5)(x-3)=color(green)(x^2+2x-15)

Explanation:

I don't know which "formula" you mean, so I will use:
color(white)("XXX")(x+color(red)a)(x+color(blue)b)=x^2+(color(red)a+color(blue)b)+color(red)acolor(blue)b
with color(red)a=color(red)(+5) and color(blue)b=color(blue)(-3)

(x+color(red)((+5)))(x+color(blue)((-3)))=x^2+(color(red)((+5))+color(blue)((-3)))x+(color(red)((+5)) * color(blue)((-3)))

color(white)("XXXXXXXXXXXXXX")=x^2+2x-15