Question

what is the correct factorization of x^2 - 2x - 15?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

x2 - 2x - 15

x2 - 5x + 3x - 15

x(x - 5) + 3(x - 5)

(x - 5) and (x + 3) are the factors

Answer 2

(x-5)(x+3) is the correct factorization of the above equation.

if this needs to be solved further, you will need to set both of these equations equal to 0.

x-5=0 and x+3=0

this will give you x=5 and x=-3

i hope this helped :)