How do you factor the trinomial $x^2 - x - 2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-24T09:39:19

When factoring we look for a pair of numbers that multiply to be the constant, here $-2$ , and add to be the linear coefficient, here $-1.$ That's obviously $-2$ and $1$ so $x^2-x-2=(x-2)(x+1).$

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