Question

I need help on factoring polynomials.

x^2- 2x - 24

Answer 1

In this question, we have to factor the given polynominal which is

$f(x) = x^2 -2x-24$

We need two factors of -24 whose sum is -2, and -6+4=-2

So we can write f(x) as

f(x) = (x-6)(x+4)

And that's the required factored form .

Answer 2

the answer is : (x -6)^2 +(x+4)^2