Respuesta :
You must remember that a polynomial is written like so...
ax^2 + bx + c
In this case...
a = 1
b = 9
c = 20
To factor you must find two numbers who both add up to b (9) AND multiply to c (20)
5 + 4 = 9
5 * 4 = 20
so...
(x + 5)(x + 4)
Hope this helped!
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For this case we must factor the following expression:
[tex]x ^ 2 + 9x + 20[/tex]
To do this, we must find two numbers that, when multiplied, result in 20 and when added together, result is obtained 9. These numbers are 5 and 4.
[tex]5 * 4 = 20\\5 + 4 = 9[/tex]
So we have to express the expression as:
[tex](x + 5) (x + 4)[/tex]
Answer:
[tex](x + 5) (x + 4)[/tex]